Ayaz Latif Palijo
| Ayaz Latif Palijo | |
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Ayaz Latif Palijo Advocate Central President Awami Tahreek
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 November 1968 Hyderabad, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Political party | Qaumi Awami Tehreek |
| Relations | Sassui Palijo (cousin) |
| Parents |
Rasul Bux Palejo (father) Jeejee Zarina Palijo (mother) |
| Residence | Qasimabad, Hyderabad, Pakistan |
| Alma mater |
Mehran University (Bachelor of Engineering) |
| Occupation | lawyer |
Ayaz Latif Palijo (Sindhi,Urdu: اياز لطیف پلیجو) (born 15 November 1968, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan) is a politician, lawyer, activist, writer and teacher. Palijo is the president of Awami Tahreek (Peoples Movement) and central convener and founder of the Sindh Progressive Nationalist Alliance (SPNA). Since 2007, he has represented the left, objecting to the division of the southeastern Pakistan province of Sindh.
Palijo's mother was the Baloch women's rights activist, writer and artist, Jeejee Zarina Baloch. His father was Rasool Bux Palijo, the Sindhi leftist founder of Awami Tahreek.
Palijo was educated at the Model School, Old-campus, Sindh University, Hyderabad. In his teenage years, under his mother's guidance, Palijo studied Sindhi, Balochi and Urdu. He later became conversant in English, Seraiki, Punjabi and Persian.
At age eleven, Palijo was central secretary general of the Gulan Jahra Barira and the Sujag Bar Tahreek, the children's wing of the Awami Tahreek. He was then a university student activist.
Palijo received a degree in civil engineering from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, and a degree in law from Sindh University, Jamshoro. He received a degree in environment and development from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Palijo also received a postgraduate degree in rural development from Sindh University and Wye College, United Kingdom.
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