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Shah Nawaz Junejo (شاهنواز جوڻيجو شاهنواز جونيجو) born in 1932, was a veteran Pakistani politician an agriculturist and an influential Sindhi figure in Pakistan. He was born in village Sanjar Khan Junejo near Tando Adam, district Sanghar, Sindh. He remained member of National Assembly of Pakistan, senator and federal minister. He is widely known in the public for resolving tribal and family conflicts through his free, fair and just decisions (Rajooni Faisla راڄوڻي فيصلا) in the public gatherings throughout the country especially in Sindh province. He was died of cardiac failure at a hospital in Singapore at the age of 73 on July 14, 2005. He was buried at his ancestral graveyard in his village Sanjar Khan Junejo. He left behind nine sons, eight daughters and three wives.

Political career
Mr Junejo had started his political carrier from the district council and had been elected a district council member in 1962. He had joined the Pakistan People’s Party in the late 1960s. In 1988, he had become an MNA by defeating former Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo. He had also remained a senator and a federal minister. He went to jail several times. In 1975, he was arrested during the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto era and was arrested twice during the General Zia-ul-Haq regime in a plane hijacking case in 1981 and during the MRD movement in 1983. He was also an accused in the Hurs murder case.