Sassui Palijo
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| Born | Sassui Palijo 10 January 1976 Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Relations | Rasul Bux Palijo (uncle) Zarina Baloch (grandmother) Ayaz Latif Palijo (cousin) |
| Parent(s) | Ghulam Qadir Palijo (father) Zarina Akhtar Baloch (mother) |
| Residence(s) | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Politician |
Sassui Palijo (Sindhi: سسي پليجو) is a politician and a columnist from Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan. Sassui Palijo is affiliated to Pakistan Peoples Party and is currently a Senator on women's reserved seat from Sindh.[1][2] She was first elected Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from Mirpur Sakro Thatta PS-85 THATTA-II in 2002 and later in 2008. [3] She was Minister for Culture in Sindh cabinet led by Syed Qaim Ali Shah from 2008 to 2013. She was the only directly elected female assembly member in Sindh out of 168 assembly members.
Political career
Born on 10 January 1976 in Jungshahi, Thatta. She is a double graduate, BA from University of Sindh and undergraduate degree in law from London. Ms. Sassui has been an active campaigner for human rights and gender equality. During General Musharraf's military rule, she was arrested many times in Islamabad, Thatta, Karachi, Lahore and Thar for protesting against the military rule.
Family Political Background
Sassui Palijo's father, Ghulam Qadir Palijo, has been a Member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh twice and is an active senior politician in Mirpur Sakro, district Thatta. Her mother, Akhtar Baloch, was a very vocal political rights campaigner and student leader against three military dictatorships of General Ayub, General Yahya Khan and General Zia and was also the first female political prisoner of Pakistan under General Yahya's martial law. Her grandmother late Zarina Baloch was a well known folk singer, teacher, award winning actress & novelist and a political activist who has been conferred the title of JiJi (mother) of Sindh by the people of Sindh. Her uncle Rasul Bux Palijo, is a highly respected political thinker, leftist scholar, literary critic & globally acclaimed Sindhi writer.
Family
Sassui Palijo has two sisters, Bakhtawar and Pirah Palijo and two brothers Sarmad Palijo and Asad Palijo
External links
- http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/267
- http://www.ppp.org.pk/
- http://www.un.org.pk/undp/gender/legislative.pdf
- http://www.newsline.com.pk/Newsnov2003/cover4nov2003.htm
- Palijo
- http://www.pas.gov.pk/info.htm
- http://www.panos.org.uk/newsfeatures/featureprintable.asp?id=1158
- http://www.sindh.gov.pk/dpt/PROVINCIAL
- http://www.bundestag.de/wissen/bibliothek/library/pakis14.html
- http://www.atsindh.com/jjzb/index.html
- http://www.ghalib.com/democracy/Women/
- http://www.alrc.net/pr/mainfile.php/2004pr/58/
- http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/docs/STATS
- http://www.dubaippp.homestead.com
References
- ^ PML-N sweeps Punjab; PPP, MQM recapture Sindh in Senate polls
- ^ Senate to elect chairperson, deputy on 12th
- ^ "Female candidates from Sindh". wichaar.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.