Daily Times

SHIKARPUR: A condolence reference held on June 24 by Quami Awami Tehreek Shikarpur chapter at Shikarpur Press Club to pay tribute to slain Rasool Bakhsh Palijo, founder and chairman of Awami Tehreek, Sindhiani Tehreek and prominent lawyer and writer, who died after a protracted illness at a hospital in Karachi.

Speakers including Zafar Ghaloo, Zafar Channa, Dr. Amir Abbas Soomro, Zubair Soomro, Zahid Bhambhro, Humair Chandio and others cherished the memory of the deceased.

They said that Rasool Bakhsh Palijo had a magnanimous personality, he introduced new trends in politics during the era of Movement for the restoration of Democracy [MRD], during the struggle, a large number of women and children presented themselves for arrest before the police on the instruction of slain Rasool Bakhsh Palijo. He died at the age of 88 while he spent 70 years of his life in the struggle for the rights of the people of Sindh.

Speakers further termed that slain Rasool Bakhsh Palijo was a scholar, eminent lawyer, prolific writer, social scientist, political thinker and a literary critic of great stature, while he campaigned to create space for women in politics so that women could resolve their issues.

Besides, he was a tireless campaigner for the rights of women, children, peasants, laborers and minorities as well.

He never compromised on his principles and always stood against the oppressive designs and decisions taken by the successive regimes in the country.

Speakers demanded the authorities to establish a university and library on the name of slain Rasool Bakhsh Palijo.

Rasool Bakhsh Palijo was born on 21st February of 1930, in a village, Mungar Khan Palijo, in Jungshahi rural town, Thatta district, and is buried in the same village.

In respect of slain Palijo, the one-minute silence was also observed by the participants.

The number of notables, political activists, journalist including Abdul Haleem Mahar, Asadullah Soomro, Ali Asghar Pahore, Zahid Pahore, Ali Ahmed Buriro, Mumtaz Mangi, Shewal Das, Arshad Kagzi, Mian Zafar Alvi, Fazaullah Noorani and others attended the condolence reference.