Pak official suspended for writing love letter to minister

A Pakistani official has been suspended from service for writing a love letter in blood to a minister in the southern Sindh province and harassing her.

Iliyas Hulio, an official from the horticulture department in Sindh, wrote the love letter and sent around 100 emails to provincial minister Sassui Palijo, who belongs to President Asif Ali Zardari's Pakistan People's Party.

After receiving a complaint from Palijo, the horticulture department conducted an inquiry, during which Hulio confessed writing the letter and emails to the minister, a TV news channel reported.