Zarina Baloch (Urdu: زرینہ بلوچ) (29 December 1931 – 25 October 2005) was a Sindhifolk music singer, vocalist and composer from the Sindh province of Pakistan. She was also an actress, Radio and TV artist, writer, teacher for over 30 years, political activist and social worker. She is notable for her revolutionary songs and resistance against the military dictatorship of General Zia[2][1]
Early life and family
She was born on 29 December 1931 in Allahdad Chand Village, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
her mother, Gulroz Jalalani, died in 1940 when Zarina was six years old. She studied with Mohammad Juman, who was also a Sindhi singer. At the early age of 15 years, her family arranged her marriage with a remote relative. She had two children: Akhter Baloch also known as Zina (born in 1952), and Aslam Parvez (born in 1957). However, Baloch and her husband disagreed on the subject of her further education and the pair were separated in 1958. Baloch joined Radio Hyderabad in 1960 and received her first Music Award in 1961. Then Zarina married Sindhi politician Rasool Bux Palijo, their marriage took place in Hyderabad on 22 September 1964 and they had a son, Ayaz Latif Palijo. In 1967, she became a teacher at the Model School Sindh University. She retired in 1997 and died in 2005 of Brain Cancer in Liaquat National Hospital.[citation needed]
She wrote many songs and poetry which became popular among the nationalists in Sindh and Balochistan. She was the author of several stories and poems, and her Book "Tunhinjee Gola Tunhinjoon Galhion" was published in 1992.[citation needed]
^Hemani, Shumaila (2 November 2017). "Music: Pakistan". Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures. Brill. doi:10.1163/1872-5309_ewic_com_002126. On the other hand, the Sindhi folk singer Zarina Baloch (b. 1931), a student of Ustād Mohammed Jumman, became known for singing revolutionary songs written by Shaikh Ayaz and other Leftist poets to resist the military dictatorship of General Zia.
