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Pir

(pir)
n
(Islam) a title given to Sufi masters
[Persian]
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At night his antelope skin was spread where the darkness overtook him--sometimes in a Sunnyasi monastery by the roadside; sometimes by a mud-pillar shrine of Kala Pir, where the Jogis, who are another misty division of holy men, would receive him as they do those who know what castes and divisions are worth; sometimes on the outskirts of a little Hindu village, where the children would steal up with the food their parents had prepared; and sometimes on the pitch of the bare grazing- grounds, where the flame of his stick fire waked the drowsy camels.
Another influential seat of pirs is Dargah-e-Aliya Bharchundi Sharif in Ghotki district where Faqir Abdul Haq aka Mian Mitho, who is infamous for forced conversion of young Hindu girls, has also won a seat.
The three major political parties, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have not only awarded tickets to the influential pirs across the country but the candidates have also sought blessings of the influential pirs locally.
Faisalabad -- Pir Khawaja Hamiduddin Sialvi has announced to hold Khatam-e-Nabuwwat Conference on December 17 in Gujranwala.
The mechanism of priority "information" requirements (PIR) was patterned after systems that used priority intelligence requirements in counterinsurgency environment.
MULTAN/SARGODHA -- Parents of women burned their daughter following the instruction of Pir, while in another incident Pir subjected violence upon a women on the birth of her 2nd daughter.
According to sources, Punjab Police high ups have decided to launch a major crackdown against black magicians and pirs in the provincial metropolis and its adjacent cities.
The translations are the beauty and the strength of Fabulous Females and Peerless Pirs; they are also its center, and readers should not expect this text to be a Stewart-on-Satya-Pir omnibus.
To illustrate this point, one needs to look at the doctrinal function of PIRs and their current use in exercises and stability operations and support operations.
In central or South Punjab, the political authority of pirs is stronger in rural constituencies and regions where religious and landed power coalesces.
If this expedition requires the good services of the pirs usually the respected custodians of the shrineshe, like the chiefs of other political parties, will be more than happy to employ them as individual candidates from various constituencies.