Ayaz Latif Palijo (born November 15, 1968) is a Sindhi Pakistani politician, lawyer, activist, writer and teacher. Palijo was born in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan, to a Baloch mother, the women's rights activist, writer and artist Jeejee Zarina Baloch, and a South Asian leftist Sindhi father and founder of Awami Tahreek, Rasool Bux Palijo.
Ayaz Latif Palijo is one of the leading human rights lawyers of Pakistan, who has filed, contested and won hundreds of cases on behalf of the oppressed and victimized sections of Pakistani society. Through his Mohabbat-e-Sindh campaign and rallies of 22nd May 2012 and 15th July 2012 he defeated the conspiracy of division of Sindh.
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Ayaz Latif Palijo is the President of Awami Tahreek (Peoples Movement), Central Convener and Founder of Sindh Progressive Nationalist Alliance (SPNA). He has remained a member, guest speaker and consultant of several international forums and organizations including Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD), Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME), International Water History Association (IWHA), Centre for Peace and Social Justice, Southern Cross University, International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM), Asian Students Association (ASA), World Social Forum (WSF) and World Commission on Dams (WCD). Formerly he was the founding Convener of Pakistan Network of Rivers Dams & People (PNRDP) Sindh, Resource Person of the National Commission on The Status of Women, Member Managing Committee Gymkhana Hyderabad, Technical Officer Oxfam Sindh, Legal Aid Coordinator of Swiss NGO Program Office, Legal Adviser Save The Children Fund, Engineer SAZDA and Editor Monthly Subuh Theendo. He is a LEAD fellow of cohort 7 and State Department alumni (2008).
