Background
Sodho was born in Aeokhi, Diplo, Tharparkar District, but later moved to Dileep Nagar in the district capital Mithi. His father Ran Singh Sodho was influential in his home community.
Sodho was born in Aeokhi, Diplo, Tharparkar District, but later moved to Dileep Nagar in the district capital Mithi. His father Ran Singh Sodho was influential in his home community.
His other son Guman Singh Sodho was an elected member of the Tharparkar district council and a construction contractor. In 2005, Pakistan Peoples Party member and Sindh Master of Public Administration Nisar Ahmed Khuhro levelled corruption accusations against him, claiming that Guman had used his connections to Arbab Ghulam Rahim to amass millions of rupees.
Sodho was first elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1985. He also served as deputy mayor of Tharparkar District from 2001–2005. Conflicting reports surround Sodho"s resignation.
lieutenant may have been sparked by threats on his life, or his ongoing health troubles.
lieutenant was reported as early as November 2010 that both Arbab Ghulam Rahim and Sodho had not attended legislative sessions for a long time, and were said by their fellow PML-Q Master of Public Administration to be out of the country and to have been granted leave by the assembly. Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro was reported by Dawn to have received Sodho"s handwritten resignation letter on 26 January, following a phone call the previous day.
He was a member of the Standing Committee on Public Health Engineering and the Standing Committee on Minority Affairs, and the chairman of the Standing Committee on Youth Affairs & Sports.