Noor Muhammad Maharvi
Noor Muhammad Maharvi was a Sufi saint. Mahari was born in 1746 at Chotala near Bahawalnagar of the Sikh Empire. He was a Muslim Panwar Kharal, and many native tribes in the Punjab region and Sindh became Muslim due to his teachings. The Dargah of Maharvi is located in Chishtian, Pakistan.
Some of the teachings of Khwaja Noor Muhammad (Rahmatullah Alayhi) are such that we can all learn from:
1. The most important duty is to have steadfast faith in The Holy Prophet (saw), firmness of Imaan, and strict adherence to the shariah.
2. If you please the creation, you will please the Creator.
3. There are many cures to the sicknesses of the heart, but if you are not prepared to take the medicine, you will never be healed.
4. It is essential to realize that you are not sinless. This realization is one of Allah’s great mercies.
Ali Arshad Mir
Ali Arshad Mir (born on January 01, 1951, and died on October 16, 2008) was an epic Punjabi poet and writer, sometimes described as the "Homer of Punjab". His works have been translated into languages such as Urdu and English. In the 1970s, his International Anthem brought him recognition. His lines, "girti hui dewaroo koo aik dhaka aur do" is a popular slogan in Punjab and around the world. His work includes dozens of poems that depict the socioeconomic condition of society's oppressed people. They also highlight the sacrifices of the subcontinent's resistance movements. Mir Sahab wrote his first work of poetry at the age of 16 and was considered an "Inqilabi", or profound poet, from a very early age. Mir Sahab died in October 2008. His last words were "nazam kuj chair baad samny ay gee" and he rests in Bahawalnagar Punjab.
Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani
Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani (born on January 20, 1940, and died on March 17, 2020) was a Pakistani lawyer who served as federal minister of Human Rights, a new portfolio, the Ministry of Human Rights which was carved out of the ministry of law and justice. He was a founding member and senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party. Alam Gillani entered politics when he first got elected to the local parliamentary assembly in the 1960s and he became a member of PPP at its founding in 1967. He also campaigned for Fatima Jinnah, the sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, when she ran against Ayub Khan in the presidential elections of 1965. Gillani represented the 189th constituency, one of the four constituencies of the southern Punjab metropolis Bahawalnagar. Having run as an independent candidate, he joined the PPPP (Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians) following the 2008 General Election. The first time Gillani met as an MNA (member of the National Assembly) was in the 1988–1990 assembly when he represented the 144th constituency. In the 2002 General Election Gillani, then representing the Pakistan Muslim League, stood for election in the 189th district and lost to then-PPPP candidate Mian Mumtaz Ahmed Matiana