Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi Senator | |
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Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
In office 1988–1991 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1936 Sial Sharif, Pakistan |
Died | 17 September 2020 (aged 84) |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim League |
Relations | Sahibzada Ghulam Nizam-ud-Din Sialvi (nephew) |
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Alma mater | Darul-Uloom-Zia-Shamsul-Islam |
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]
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]
He died on 17 September 2020. Thousands of his followers attended the funeral prayers.