Pir Sabir Shah


Syed Muhammad Sabir Shah or more commonly as Pir Sabir Shah is a Pakistani 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. He was advisor to Prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif from 1997 to 1999.

Family

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

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.

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