Former director general of Pakistan Sports Board and sports analyst Zakir Hussain Syed. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Former director general of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) and sports analyst Zakir Hussain Syed passed away on Thursday at Fatima Jinnah Park where he was on a routine evening walk. He was 73.
His funeral will be held on Friday at 2:30 pm at his ancestral town Kotli Amir Ali, Sialkot. He was awarded the President’s Medal for the Pride of Performance. He was the first recipient of such a highest honour in sports administration and management in the country.
Zakir Hussain was the first Pakistani chief executive of the PSB. As the youngest ever director general of the board, he came to this organisation as a virtually unknown commodity and left behind a legacy of success and brilliance.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 22nd, 2013.
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did lunch at 2 pm..a tragic shock...he was a very great person..5.30 he entered for walk and at 6 got heart attack..and at 6.50 doctr said sorryyy he is no more...........................:(
Inalilahi wainalilahi rajiun
Inalilahi wainalilahi rajiun... great sports loving personality. One thing that was synonymous with Zakir Sahib was smile. A ever smiling face… May Allah give him highest place in Jannah… Ameen!!!