Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi Explained

Honorific-Suffix:Senator
Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi
Office:Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Birth Date:1936
Birth Place:Sial Sharif, Pakistan
Death Date: (aged 84)
Term Start:1988
Term End:1991
Party:Pakistan Muslim League
Nationality:Pakistani
Father:Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi
Alma Mater:Darul-Uloom-Zia-Shamsul-Islam
Relations:Sahibzada Ghulam Nizam-ud-Din Sialvi (nephew)

Pir Khwaja Hameeduddin Sialvi (1936  - 17 September 2020) was a Pakistani spiritual leader and politician who was the sajjadah nasheen of Sial Sharif shrine in Sargodha, Pakistan.[1] His family belongs to Barelvi movement.

He was a member of Senate of Pakistan on the ticket of PML (Q) from March 1988 to March 1991 and again from March 1991 to March 1994.[2] [3] [4]

History

He was born in 1936 to a religious family of Sial Sharif and received his early education from Darul-Uloom-Zia-Shamsul-Islam. Later, he started preaching and teaching at Darul-Uloom-Deenia, which he continued for the next two decades.[2]

Death

He died on 17 September 2020. Thousands of his followers attended the funeral prayers.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sargodha-based spiritual leader to decide political future of 14 PML-N legislators. Dawn.com. 28 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Senate of Pakistan. www.senate.gov.pk.
  3. Web site: Pir Sialvi suffers brain haemorrhage. A. Correspondent. 19 February 2018.
  4. Web site: Hazrat Khawaja Muhammad Hamid-ud-Din . Senate of Pakistan . www.senate.gov.pk.