allah bux soomro was born in 1900 in shikarpur in the bombay presidency in an affluent family. he founded the sind ittehad party and served as the chief minister of sindh from 23 march 1938 to 18 april 1940 and 7 march 1941 to 14 october 1942. he was assassinated, allegedly by religious extremists, in 1943. his son rahim bux soomro was also a politician in pakistan. his nephew, elahi bux soomro was the speaker of the national assembly of pakistan and is a veteran politician