Syed Muhammad Sabir Shah or more commonly as Pir Sabir Shah is a politician from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of
Pakistan
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. He served as the 18th Chief Minister of the province from 20 October 1993 to 25 February 1994.http://www.pap.gov.pk/pro-ass/nwfp.htm#cm pap.gov.pk He was an advisor to the prime Minister of Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pak ...
from 1997 to 1999. He currently serves as a
Senator
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from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Family
Pir Sabir Shah hails from a religious family of Syeds settled in
Sirikot
Sirikot is a village in Haripur District and Ghazi Tehsil, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province at 34°10'60N 73°43'50E. It is the principal settlement of the Union Council.Haripur. He belongs to the Mashwani tribe. They are linked to the
Qadiri
The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ta ...
Sufi order. His lineage is traced to
Ali
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...
in 43 chains through Syed Muhammad Masood and Gesudaraz I.
Education
Pir Sabir Shah studied at a school in Sirikit. He completed his bachelor's degree from Government College,
Abbottabad
Abbottabad (; Urdu, Punjabi language(HINDKO dialect) آباد, translit=aibṭabād, ) is the capital city of Abbottabad District in the Hazara region of eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in Pakistan and fourth ...
, then earned a bachelor of Arts degree from
University of Peshawar
The University of Peshawar ( ps, د پېښور پوهنتون; hnd, پشور یونیورسٹی; ur, ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a Public university, public research university located in Peshawar, Khy ...
of Arts degree from the University of Peshawar. He earned a master's degree in Islamic studies after graduation. He then enrolled at the Institute of Modern Languages in Islamabad and obtained a four-year degree in Arabic language and Islamic studies. He then enrolled at the International Islamic University for higher studies and successfully completed higher studies in Daura and Fiqh.
Political career
Pir Sabir Shah contested the 1985 elections and won as an
independent candidate
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Some politicians have political views th ...
. He was asked by the
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; British India
*All-India Muslim League, Mohammed Ali Jinah, led the demand for the partition of India resulting in the creation of Pakistan.
**Punjab Muslim League, a branch of the organ ...
to join them. A grand
jirga
A jirga ( ps, جرګه, ''jərga'') is an assembly of leaders that makes decisions by consensus according to Pashtunwali, the Pashtun social code. It is conducted in order to settle disputes among the Pashtuns, but also by members of other ethnic ...
was called at Shatalo Shareef, Sirikit. They agreed to let him join the Pakistan Muslim League. He won elections in
1988
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,
1990
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,
1993
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, and
1997
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contesting from his constituency PF-43 (Provincial Frontier −43) of Haripur.
He served as the 18th
Chief Minister
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of the province from 20 October 1993 to 25 February 1994. He is currently serving as the chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Water Resources.