Rasool Bux Palijo
| Rasool Bux Palijo | |
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| رسول بخش پليجو | |
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| Palijo House, D-10 Prince town, Qasimabad, Hyderabad | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 February 1930 Jungshahi, Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | Qaumi Awami Tehreek |
| Spouse(s) | Sharifa Palijo, Zakia, Naseem Thebo, Zarina Baloch (1964–2005) |
| Relations | Sassui Palijo (niece) |
| Children | Ayaz Latif Palijo , Jameel Palijo ,Saleem Palijo, Masood Palijo, Noor Nabi Palijo, Hyder Palijo, Zafar Palijo, Shahnaz Palijo, Fakhira Palijo, Tania Palijo |
| Residence | Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Sindh Madrasatul Islam |
| Occupation | Politician, Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Poet |
| Website | [/] |
Rasool Bux Palijo (Urdu: رسول بخش پليجو) (born February 21, 1930) is a notable Sindhi nationalist leader, scholar and writer. He is father of Ayaz Latif Palijo a leading human-rights lawyer and the leader of Awami Tahreek. Palijo is the founder and chairman of Qomi Awami Tahreek (People's Movement), a progressive and leftist party.
Rasool Bux Palijo was born in the village Mungar Khan Palijo, Jungshahi, Thatta district, Sindh on February 21, 1930, to Ali Mohammad Palijo and Laadee Bai. He received his early education at his village and the secondary education at Sindh Madressatul Islam in Karachi. Palijo did his law graduation from Sindh Law College Karachi. At the age of 15, he had become fluent in Sindhi, Urdu, and English languages, and later became conversant in Hindi, Arabic, Balochi, Bengali, Siraiki, Punjabi and Persian.
A prolific writer and scholar, Palejo served as a Supreme Court lawyer. He is a former political prisoner, having been jailed under political charges for more than 11 years especially during the Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) in Pakistan. Most of his prisoner life, he was kept on Kot Lakhpat jail, Punjab during the 1980. He was declared as "Prisoner of Conscience" by Amnesty International in 1981.
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