Sassui Palijo
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Sassui Palijo is a liberal politician and a columnist in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. She is Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Provincial Assembly of Sindh
The Provincial Assembly of the Sindh is a unicameral house of elected representatives of people of Sindh established under Article 106 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan...

 from Mirpur Sakro Thatta PS-85 THATTA-II, she belongs to Pakistan Peoples Party. She is the only directly elected female assembly member in Sindh. At present she is serving as Minister for Culture and Tourism in Sindh cabinet led by Syed Qaim Ali Shah.

Born in Jungshahi
Jungshahi
Jungshahi is a town of Thatta District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It lies to the west of Karachi at 24°51'26N 67°46'21E and is a Union Council of Thatta tehsil...

, Thatta
Thatta
Thatta is a historic town of 220,000 inhabitants in the Sindh province of Pakistan, near Lake Keenjhar, the largest freshwater lake in the country. Thatta's major monuments especially its necropolis at Makli are listed among the World Heritage Sites. The Shah Jahan Mosque is also listed...

 a double Graduate, BA from University of Sindh and degree in International law from London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 Sassui has been an active campaigner for human rights and gender justice.

Sassui Palijo's father, Ghulam Qadir Palijo, is two times MPA and is still active in politics.Her mother, Akhtar Baloch, was the first female Sindhi political worker to be arrested under General Ayub's martial law during the Sindhi student movement at the age of 17, she was in prison for one year. Her grandmother late Jiji Zarina Baloch
Zarina Baloch
Zarina Baloch was a Pakistani folk music singer and composer. She was also an actress, writer, teacher, political and social worker....

was a well-known writer, folk singer and political activist.
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