Abdul Qadir Junejo

Abdul Qadir Junejo (Sindhi: عبد القادر جوڻيجو) (Urdu: عبد القادر جونیجو) (13 September 1945 – 30 March 2020) was a novelist, playwright and columnist who wrote in Sindhi, Urdu and English. Junejo was born in the small village of Jinhan, Tharparkar, Sindh. His father was Mureed Hussain Junejo who was a police officer. Junejo received his primary education in his native village of Jinhan. He then attended the University of Sindh where he earned a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Arts in sociology.