Pir Sabir Shah

Syed Muhammad Sabir Shah or more commonly as Pir Sabir Shah is a politician from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. He served as the 18th Chief Minister of the province from 20 October 1993 to 25 February 1994.[1] He was advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif from 1997 to 1999. He currently serves as a Senator from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[2]

Pir Sabir Shah
پير صابر شاہ
Born1955
Other namesSyed Muhammad Sabir Shah
OccupationPolitician
ChildrenSyed Muhammad Mehmood Shah
Syed Muhammad Aqib Shah
Parent(s)
  • Syed Muhammad Tayyab Shah (father)
RelativesSyed Muhammad Tahir Shah (Brother)
Professor A Jamil Khan (Cousin)
Member of Senate of Pakistan
Assumed office
18 March 2018 to Present
18th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
20 October 1993  25 February 1994
Preceded byMufti Muhammad Abbas
Succeeded byAftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao
Advisor to Prime Minister
In office
1997–1999
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif

Family

Pir Sabir Shah hails from a religious family of Syeds settled in Sirikot in Haripur. He belongs to the Mashwani tribe.[3][4][5] [6]They are linked to the Qadiri Sufi order. His lineage is traced to Ali in 43 chains through Syed Muhammad Masood and Gesudaraz I.

Education

Pir Sabir Shah studied at a school at Sirikot. He completed his bachelor's degree from Government College, Abbottabad then earning the Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Peshawar. of Arts degree from University of Peshawar.Pir Saber Shah Maddazilluhul Ali 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. He was asked by the Muslim League to join them. A grand jirga was called at Shatalo Shareef, Sirikot. They agreed to let him join the Pakistan Muslim League. He won elections in 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1997 contesting from his constituency PF-43 (Provincial Frontier −43) of Haripur.

He served as the 18th Chief Minister of the province from 20 October 1993 to 25 February 1994.[1]

References

  1. http://www.pap.gov.pk/pro-ass/nwfp.htm#cm Archived 2007-12-19 at the Wayback Machine pap.gov.pk
  2. "Senate of Pakistan". senate.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  3. "PML-N senator lauds services of Mashwani tribe". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  4. "سید محمد صابر شاہ" (PDF).
  5. "Pir Sabir Shah | Ex-C.M of Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa | PakistanHerald.com". web.archive.org. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  6. Shah, Syed Yousuf (1930). Halat-e-Mashwani (in Urdu). Lahore: Mohammadi Press. pp. 160–161.
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