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Valasai The Meghwal (also known as Megh and Meghraj) people live primarily in northwest India, with a small population in Pakistan. Their traditional occupation was agricultural farming, cattle-herding and weaving. Meghwals are known for their contr ...

(Sindhi: سريندر ولاسائي) (born 11 August 1968, near

Kaloi Kaloi ( sd, ڪلوئي) is a taluka of Tharparkar District in Sindh, Pakistan. See also * Kaloi (tribe) *Sant Nenuram Ashram Sant Nenuram Ashram is an Ashram located in Islamkot city in the Tharparkar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. ...

Tharparkar Tharparkar ( Dhatki/ sd, ٿرپارڪر, ur, ), also known as Thar, is a district in Sindh province in Pakistan headquartered at Mithi. Before Indian independence it was known as the Thar and Parkar district. The district is the largest in S ...

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) is a Pakistani

Meghwal The Meghwal (also known as Megh and Meghraj) people live primarily in northwest India, with a small population in Pakistan. Their traditional occupation was agricultural farming, cattle-herding and weaving. Meghwals are known for their contr ...

Dalit Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming a ...

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from the

Tharparkar District Tharparkar ( Dhatki/ sd, ٿرپارڪر, ur, ), also known as Thar, is a district in Sindh province in Pakistan headquartered at Mithi. Before Indian independence it was known as the Thar and Parkar district. The district is the largest in S ...

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Gulf News - 25 March 2007 He was a member of Provincial assembly of Sindh on minority reserved seat fr August 2018 to August 2023.

Career

Valasai worked as a journalist for the English dailies ''The Muslim'', ''Daily News'', ''Sindh Express'', ''Financial Post'' and ''The Balochistan Express'', and as an editor for ''Sindh Tribune''. As of 2013 Valasai became Media coordinator of Bilawal House, and on 8 November 2016 he was appointed as Incharge Media Cell Bilawal House. He was appointed as Advisor on Minority Affairs to

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ( ur, بلاول بھٹو زرداری; born 21 September 1988) is a Pakistani politician who is serving as the 37th Minister of Foreign Affairs, in office since 27 April 2022. He became the chairman of Pakistan Peopl ...

, Chairman of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

on 4 January 2014. Earlier, he was President of Sindh Peoples Students Federation SPSF Tehsil Diplo, Tharparker until 1990 after which he took up journalism. He was elected as Member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh on seat reserved for non-Muslims, and took his oath on 13 August 2018. He was appointed as Special Assistant to Chief Minister, Sindh for Human Rights on August 5, 2021 and continued to serve as a member of Sindh Cabinet till August 11, 2023.

Scheduled Castes Federation of Pakistan (SCFP)

Valasai formed the

Scheduled Caste Federation of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the four provinces, two autonomous territories, ...

(SCFP) to raise the issues of human inequality, untouchability and caste discrimination. Under the SCFP platform, he wrote petitions and letters to the President, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of Pakistan drawing their attention to the plight of Scheduled Castes tribes and particularly the

, Kolhi, Bheel, Bagdis, and Oads. His main emphasis was that since Pakistan did not subscribe to these

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s ideologically and spiritually, concrete steps were needed.

Newspapers

*''1. The Muslim''* Staff Reporter · May 1994 to Oct 1996 *''2. Daily News''* *''3. Sindh Express''* *''4. Financial Post''* News Editor · Jan 1997 to Sep 2004 *''5. The Balochistan Times''* News Editor · Mar 1993 to Feb 1994 *''6. Sindh Tribune''*

References

External links

* http://gulfnews.com/news/world/pakistan/from-untouchable-to-counselling-top-politicians-1.1278799
Caste-Based Discrimination in Pakistan & Its Cure - Surendar Valasai
* https://www.facebook.com/surendar.valasai/info 1968 births Living people Pakistani human rights activists Pakistani male journalists Dalit activists Dalit writers Sindhi people Pakistani Hindus {{Pakistan-journalist-stub