Rasool Bux Palijo
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Rasool Bux Palijo Template:Sd iconرسول بخش پليجو | |
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| Born | Rasool Bux Palijo 21 February 1930 Jungshahi, Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | Qaumi Awami Tehreek |
| Spouse | Zarina Baloch (1964–2005) |
| Children | Ayaz Latif Palijo Jameel Palijo (Retired Watchman) Saleem Palijo Masood Palijo Noor Nabi Palijo Hyder Palijo Zafar Palijo Shahnaz Palijo Fakhira Palijo |
| Residence(s) | Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Sindh Madrasatul Islam |
| Occupation | Politician Lawyer Writer Scholar |
| Website | Bux Palijo:Birth of Great Laeader |
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 leading Human Rights lawyer and leader. He is founder and chairman of Qomi Awami Tahreek (People's Movement), a progressive leftist party.[1]
Early life
Rasool Bux Palijo (Sindhi: رسول بخش پليجو ) was born at the village Mungar Khan Palijo, Jungshahi, Thatta District, Sindh on February 21, 1930, to Ali Mohammad Palijo and Laadee Bai. He got his early education at his village and secondary education at Sindh Madarstul Islam in Karachi. He did his law graduation from Sindh Law College Karachi. At the age of 15, he was fluent in Sindhi, Urdu, and English languages, and later became conversant in Hindi, Arabic, Balochi, Bengali, Siraiki, Punjabi and Persian. [citation needed]
Political work
A prolific writer and scholar, Palejo served as a Supreme Court lawyer.[citation needed] 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 1980s. [citation needed] He was declared as "Prisoner of Conscience" by Amnesty International in 1981.[citation needed] he has earned a place in the pantheon of leaders from the South Asia who earned everlasting fame in the struggle against feudalism, martial-laws, colonialism and imperialism. He was one of the leading founders of Awami National Party, Sindh Mutahida Muhaz, Sindh Qomi Itehad, Bazm-e-Soofia-e Sindh, PONM, Sindhi Adabi Sangat, MRD, Anti One-Unit Movement and 4th March Movement. He has founded Awami Tahreek, Sindhi Haree Committee, Sindhiani Tahreek, Sindhi Shagird Tahreek, Sindhi Haree Tahreek, Pakistan Awami Jamhoori Itehad, Pakistan Awami Tahreek, Sindhi Mazdoor Tahreek, Sindh Intellectual Forum, Sindhi Awam Jo Qomi Itehad, Sindhi Girls Students Organization, Sujaag Bar Tahreek, Sindh Water Committee, 1940 Pakistan Resolution Implementation Committee Awami Jamhoori Tahreek and Anti Greater Thal Canal and Kalabagh Dam Action Committee. He also launched Neelam Band Karyo and Voter Listoon Sindhi men Chapayo Tahreek. He was one of the leading figures behind the Movement For Restoration of Democracy (MRD). He and his party Awami Tahreek played active role against illegal Army Operation in Bangladesh and Balochistan and in the Movement of Journalists against General Zia ul Haq and in Bhutto Bahcayo Tahreek. He is one of the outstanding speakers of Sub-continent, top Constitutional and Criminal Lawyers of Pakistan and the first Sindhi and South Asian Politician who launched and organized the movement against Kalabagh Dam, Violence in Educational Institutions, and against Urban Based Organized Terrorism. He has introduced a new nonviolent trend of democratic struggles in Sindh by way of Long Marchs. He is the author of more than 40 books and his books are on numerous subjects, ranging from literature to politics, prison dairies, culture and poetry etc. He became the first political prisoner who remained longest term in jail under political charges for more than 11 years and was declared as Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International in 1981.[2]
Books and international lectures
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Personal life
Rasool Bux Palijo son of Ali Mohammad Palijo and Laadee Bai was born at the village Mungar Khan Palijo, Jungshahi, Thatta District, Sindh on September 21, 1930. He got his early education at his village and then at Sindh Madarso Karachi. After joining the madarso and visiting Karachi and Hyderabad he was shocked by the illiteracy of Sindhis and started a movement for the education of Sindhi villagers. From the early childhood Sindhi, Urdu and English literature and European and Islamic History, Philosophy and Political science were his favorite subjects of study. At the age of 15 years he attained mastery over Sindhi, Udru and English languages and latter became well conversant with Arabic, Balochi, Seraiki, Punjabi and Persian languages.[3]
He got well versed in literature by reading Kant, Hegel, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, Mohandas Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.[citation needed] He was an outspoken critic of the feudal system and bureaucrats.[citation needed]
He was married to Sindhi singer, activist and author Zarina Baloch until her death on 25th Oct 2006. The union yielded a son Ayaz Latif Palijo.[4]
See also
- Jeay Sindh
- Ayaz Latif Palijo
- Bashir Qureshi
- Sindhudesh
- Naveed Qamar
- Zarina Baloch
- Hyder Bux Jatoi
- Qomi Awami Tahreek
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