In the temporal world, ours is known as the land of the five rivers but it is equally the land of the five saints, the five realised souls who watch over its mountains, rivers, fields, meadows, and animals. The Panj Pir, or the Five Masters, as they are called, hold the pulse of our people and our land between their fingertips. First, there is Baba Farid Shakarganj of Pakpattan, the patron saint of the Syals. Then there is my beloved Khwaja Khizr, the ruler of the waters, the evergreen presence. There is Sayyid Jalal Bukhari, the brave, who had transformed Genghis Khan’s fire of wrath into a
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