Sassui Palijo

Sassui Palijo (Sindhi) سسي پليجو
Personal details
Born	Sassui Palijo (1976-01-10) 10 January 1976 Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party
Relations	Rasul Bux Palejo (grandfather) Zarina Baloch (grandmother) Ayaz Latif Palijo (uncle)
Parents	Ghulam Qadir Palijo (father) Akhtar Ali Palijo (mother)
Residence	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Islam

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. 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 still active in Mirpur Sakro, district Thatta politics. 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 grandfather Rasul Bux Palejo, is a Sindhi writer.

Family

Ms Sassui has 2 sisters, Bakhtawar and Pirah.

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