Former director general of Pakistan Sports Board and sports analyst Zakir Hussain Syed. PHOTO: EXPRESS
(EDS NOTE: Zakir covered the Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh last week and sat next to me. I have known him for a long time as he is quite a regular at the Azlan Shah Cup in recent years. He gave me his calling card and said if I ever was in Pakistan, do visit him and he will be glad to accommodate me. RIP my friend...)
ISLAMABAD:
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.
