Pir Sabir Shah پر سبیر شہ | |
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Office: | Member of the Senate of Pakistan |
Term Start: | 18 March 2018 |
Office1: | 18th Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province |
Governor1: | Khurshid Ali Khan |
Predecessor1: | Mufti Muhammad Abbas |
Term Start1: | 20 October 1993 |
Term End1: | 25 February 1994 |
Successor1: | Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao |
Office2: | Advisor to the Prime Minister |
Term Start2: | 1997 |
Term End2: | 1999 |
Primeminister2: | Nawaz Sharif |
Birth Name: | Syed Muhammad Sabir Shah |
Birth Date: | 13 March 1955 |
Birth Place: | Sirikot |
Relations: | Syed Muhammad Tayyab Shah (father) Syed Muhammad Tahir Shah (brother) Professor A Jamil Khan (cousin) |
Party: | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Children: | 2 |
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 an advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif from 1997 to 1999. He currently serves as a Senator from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[2]
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.
Pir Sabir Shah studied at a school in Sirikot. He completed his bachelor's degree from Government College, Abbottabad, then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Peshawar 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 Islamabadand 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.
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, Sirikit. 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.[7]
He served as the 18th Chief Minister 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.[8]