Hadhrat Pir Haqiqullah Bakoti

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[edit] Bakoti, Pir Haqik–U-lah

Pir Haqiq-u-llah bakoti was the younger son of Hadhrat Molana Pir Fakir-u-llah Bakoti and was one of the first members of the NWFP provincial assembly (MPA) from the Circle Bakote area. He was a priest of the Pir Bakoti shrine - a position he inherited from his father. He was a student of the Islamic University of Deoband India and got direct education by renowned^{[citation needed]} Islamic scholar Anwer Shah Kashmiri. His elder brother Sahibzada Pir Atiqullah Bakoti was not interested in priesthood or successor of shrine but was interested in politics - he took part in the elections of 1952 and took and administered the "Bakote Sharif" area.

He was undisputed candidate of NWFP Assembly from Circle Bakote and defeated Banba-Khakha Sardar Hasan Ali Khan (Grand Father of Abdul Qayom Khan of Boi). He moved a motion in respect of Sharia Law in NWFP assembly first time. He organized Anjuman-e-Kashmeriaan (Association of Kashmiries) in Bakote in 1942. He received and met Quad-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah with delegates of dignitaries of Murree and Circle Bakote. He placed the flag of the newly borne Islamic Republic of Pakistan on Kohala Bridge with Sardar Yaqoob Khan, Molana Yaqoob Alvi Birotvi, Lamberdar Isab Khan and many others. He led and participated in the great public procession in Murree. He died in July 1968 and was buried on the left side of his father Hadhrat Pir faqir-u-llah Bakoti. He was succeeded by Sahibzada Pir Azhar Bakoti.