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Pakistan Muslim League (F) The Pakistan Muslim League (F) ( ur, , acronym: PMLF, PML-F, PML (F)) is a nationalist and pro-Hurs clan political party in Pakistan. It is one of the Pakistan Muslim Leagues. The letter 'F' in its name stands for ''functional''. It is primarily ...

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Pir of Pagaro VIII Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi III ( sd, صبغت الله شاهه راشدي, ur, ), also known as Raja Saein, the eighth Pir Pagaro, (born 14 February 1956) is a Pakistani politician who has served as a member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh. E ...

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Pir Jo Goth Pir Jo Goth ( sd, پير جو ڳوٺ) is a city in Pakistan situated in the Kingri Taluka of Khairpur District in the Sindh Province. It is the headquarter of Kingri taluka. Its population is approximately 110,000. History Pir Jo Goth is mainly ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

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Pir of Pagaro VI Sayyid Sibghatullah Shah Al-Rashidi II (Sindhi language, Sindhi: صبغت الله شاهه راشدي ), Pir Pagaro the sixth, was a spiritual leader of the Hurs, Hur Movement during Sindh's war for its freedom. ''Hur'' (Arabic language, Ara ...

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Pir Sadaruddin Shah Pir Syed Sadaruddin Shah Rashidi (; born 21 October 1960) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He previously served as the Mini ...

(son) Sayyid Shah Mardan Shah-II widely known as Pir of Pagaro VII ( ur, , sd, ; 22 November 1928 – 10 January 2012) was the spiritual leader of Hurs and president of political party

. He was commonly known in Pakistan as ''Pir Sahib Pagara'' and ''Pir Shaab''. He was an influential figure in Pakistani politics and the leader of Hur Force in Pakistan who also participated in the

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 or the Second Kashmir War was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was d ...

. He was also a first-class cricketer. He died on 10 January 2012 in London, due to liver infection.

Personal life

Pir Pagara is a title given to the leader of the

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

order of Hurs in

province of Pakistan. It comes from the Persian word "

Pir Pir or PIR may refer to: Places * Pir, Kerman, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Pir, Satu Mare, commune in Satu Mare County, Romania Religion * Pir (Alevism), one of the 12 ranks of Imam in Alevism * Pir (Sufism), a Sufi teacher or spiritu ...

" (elder or "saint") and the Sindhi word "Pagaro", which means Chieftain's Turban. The seventh

Pagara was Pir Syed Mardan Shah II. He was born in Pir Jo Goth,

in 1928. Pir Pagara spent a major part of his life engaged in Pakistan's politics. His father Pir Sayyid Sibghatullah Shah II was hanged on 20 March 1943 by the colonial government due to his involvement in the Hur Movement.

Political career

After the defeat of Mohtarma

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in the presidential contest, Mohtarma declared the Muslim League functional and made Pir Pagaro the head of Muslim League. He was nominated as the first president of the United Muslim League as well. He was Chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F), and spiritual leader of the 'Hur' jamaat. He was one of the most influential and respected political personalities of Pakistan. His predictions on Pakistan's politics were sometimes quoted in the media. He was usually visited by many senior politicians of Pakistan such as

Sheikh Rasheed Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad ( ur, ; born 6 November 1950) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 38th Interior Minister of Pakistan from 2020 to 2022. He is famous because of his smoking cigars and Laal Haveli. He is the founder and leader of A ...

, Chaudhry Shujaat, Raza Haroon and Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

Cricket

Usually referred to in cricket literature as the Pir of Pagaro, he was influential in the early years of Pakistan's cricket development in the 1950s. Before Pakistan's first tour of England in 1954 he had a grass pitch constructed in his garden so that the Pakistan players, who had to play most of their cricket at the time on matting pitches, could practise in something similar to English conditions. He re-founded the Sind Cricket Association, captained Sind in the first-ever match in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in November 1953, and organized and captained a team under his name against the MCC in 1955-56.

Death

Pir Pagara was admitted to Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) on 24 November 2011, for the treatment of infected lungs. According to doctors, he was in a very serious condition and was therefore put on a ventilator and flown to London on a special air ambulance on 5 January, along with a physician and family members.Pir Pagara died in London 10 January 2012
/ref> He died on 10 January 2012 of a liver infection. His body was returned to Pakistan on the following day. Many political parties in Pakistan, including the Hurs, sent their condolences to the family. He was buried in his native Pir Jo Goth village alongside his ancestors. He was succeeded by his son Syed Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi III, known informally as ''Raja Saeen, both as the Pir Pagara and leader of

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