Palijo
The Palijo (Sindhi: پليجو) is a Sindhi tribe of Sindh province, Pakistan. Palijo is a Sammat tribe. During the Talpur dynasty and before, this tribe held lands on the banks of the Indus River when that area was under official administration of the Palijo tribe and was called Palijar'pargana, ranging from Choriya Jagir, now in Tando Muhammad Khan District, to Pinyari Phat, in Thatta District.
Distribution
Most of this tribe live mainly in the Bannu, and Daro areas of Sujawal District and Jungshahi and Mirpur Sakro areas of Thatta District. However some families are settled in Nasarpur in Matiari District, Sunn in Jamshoro District, Bangaldero in Larkana District, Hingorja in Khairpur District, Norai in Tando Muhammad Khan District and in the cities of Hyderabad, Karachi and numbers of Palijos also lived in Gulshan-e-Hadeed.
The Total population of Palijo tribe is around 20,000. The head (Sardar) of this tribe is called Arbab and current head of Palijo tribe is Arbab Abdul Hai Palijo son of late Arbab Noor Muhammad Palijo.
Well known personalities from the Palijo tribe are: Mr Rasool Bux Palijo, senior politician, senior advocate of the Supreme Court, intellectual and writer; Abdul Qadir Palijo, Ministor of Sindh, MPA, Senior Engineer, flood controller and focal person of Sindh Irrigation Department[Mr Ghulam Qadir Palijo]] businessman and former Member of Sindh Assembly (Twice elected MPA from Mirpur Sakro, Thatta- 1993 - 1999); Ms Sassui Palijo former member of Sindh Assembly (twice elected MPA from Mirpur Sakro, Thatta 2002-2008 and 2008-2013) and Former Minister for Culture Sindh (2008 -2013); Ayaz Latif Palijo President Qaumi Awami Tahreek (QAT), Human Rights Lawyer and writer, Dr Naeem Akhtar Palijo a senior bureaucrat of Sindh Government and well social and influential figure in Palijo community, majority of Palijo tribe youths follow his instructions; late Hamzo Khan Palijo businessman, Senator 1985-1989 and Chairman District Council Thatta 1987-1989; Barrister Asad Latif Palijo, Shaheed Mehtab Ali Palijo, Martyred in Kargil War, soldier of Pakistan Army-36-Baloch Regiment, Army Public School Thatta is named Mahtaab Shaheed Army Model School Thatta in the memory of Shaheed Mahtaab Palijo; Captain Hyder Ali Palijo, Presidents Pride of Performance (Pakistan Navy);