Honorific-Prefix: | Senator |
Prof. Sajid Mir پروفیسر ساجد میر | |
Office: | Leader of Jamiat Ahle Hadith |
Term Start: | 1987 |
Office2: | Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan |
Term Start2: | March 2009 |
Deputy2: | Mumammad Abu Ali Turab |
President2: | Mamnoon Hussain |
Primeminister2: | Nawaz Sharif |
Predecessor2: | Ali Safar |
Office3: | Member of the Senate of Pakistan |
Term Start3: | 12 March 2021 |
Constituency3: | Punjab |
Term Start4: | 12 March 2015 |
Term End4: | 11 March 2021 |
Constituency4: | Punjab |
Term Start5: | 12 March 2009 |
Term End5: | 11 March 2015 |
Constituency5: | Punjab |
Term Start6: | 23 March 2003 |
Term End6: | 11 March 2009 |
Constituency6: | Punjab |
Term Start7: | 21 March 1994 |
Term End7: | 12 October 1999 |
Constituency7: | Punjab |
Birthname: | Sajid Mir |
Nationality: | Pakistan |
Party: | Jamiat Ahle Hadith |
Otherparty: | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Professor |
Alma Mater: | M.A (English) (1960) M.A (Islamic Studies) (1969) B.A (Eco. Urdu, Psychology) (1966) |
Birth Date: | 2 October 1938 |
Birth Place: | Sialkot, Punjab, British India |
Preceded: | Ihsaan Elahi Zaheer |
Sajid Mir (Urdu: ساجد میر) is a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar. He is the current Ameer of Jamiat Ahle Hadith. He was also a member of Senate of Pakistan and served as Chairperson- Senate Committee on Science and Technology.[1]
Sajid Mir was born on 2 October 1938 in a religious family in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. He was the relative of Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti. Sajid Mir earned Masters in English literature from the University of the Punjab in 1960 followed by a Masters in Islamic studies from the same university in 1969.[2]
Sajid Mir was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in March 2009 on reserved seat for technocrats and ulema as PML-N candidate.[3] [4] He was the chairperson of Senate Committee on Science and Technology.[5] He was also a member of senate committees of Rules of Procedures and Privileges, Functional Committee on Government Assurances, Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development.[6]
In March 2018, Sajid Mir became the Ameer of Jamiat Ahle Hadith.[7] [8] In September 2020, Mir attended the All Parties Conference (APC) and JAH formed Pakistan Democratic Movement along with ten other parties. Sajid Mir came for many PDM's public gatherings and powershows. In February 2021, Nawaz Sharif contacted Sajid Mir and gave ticket for the Senate Elections.[9] However, Sajid won his seat.[10]