Education
She studied with Mohammad Juman, who was also a Sindhi singer.
She studied with Mohammad Juman, who was also a Sindhi singer.
She was also an actress, Radio and television artisit, writer, teacher, political and social worker Zarina Baloch"s mother, Gulroz, died in 1940 when Zarina was six years old. She had two children: Akhter Baloch also known as Zeena (born in 1952), and Asalm Parvez (born in 1957).
Then Zarina married Sindhi politician Rasool Bux Palijo, took place in Hyderabad on September 22, 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.
In 1979, Zarina was arrested and imprisoned in Sukkur and Karachi jails for leading the protests against President General Zia ul Haq"s Martial Law. Because of her struggle against the ruling classes and against gender discrimination, feudalism and martial laws, she earned the title of JeeJee (mother) of the Sindhi people.
She was one of the leading founders of Sindhiani Tahreek, Women's Action Forum, Sindhi Adabi Sangat and Sindhi Haree Committee.
She was fluent in Sindhi, Urdu, Seraiki, Balochi, Persian, Arabic and Gujrati. 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.
The songs and anthems sung by Zarina Baloch "Maan Chuke Balochani", "Manitoba Yagehaan" and "Jeaey Sindh" became the musical symbols of Baloch and Sindhi nationalism.