Lahore City Cricket Association honours Sallu for his services
Former Test cricketer and chief selector Salahuddin Sallu was honoured by the Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) for his meritorious services rendered as national selector during the last two decades
10-May-2001
Former Test cricketer and chief selector Salahuddin Sallu was honoured
by the Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) for his meritorious
services rendered as national selector during the last two decades.
In a grand reception held here on Tuesday night, Pakistan Cricket
Board (PCB) chairman, Lt.-Gen Tauqir Zia presented a shield to
Salahuddin Sallu. The LCCA president Aamir Hayat Khan Rokari also
presented a shield to the PCB chairman.
Speaking on the occasion, Lt Gen Tauqir Zia said that it was a
positive step taken by the LCCA to honour Salahuddin Sallu who belongs
to Karachi and hoped that such steps whould be taken on reciprocal
basis in future.
The celebrated sports personalities who attended the function were
squash legend Jahangir Khan, former and current Test sars Zaheer
Abbas, Javed Miandad, Abdul Qadir, Iqbal Qasim, Moin Khan, Shahid
Afridi, Shafqat Rana, Azhar Khan and Imran Nazir.
Jahangir Khan, Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, Abdul Qadir, Iqbal Qasim,
Moin Khan, Shahid Afridi and Shafqat Rana also expressed their views
to highlight the contribution made to cricket by Salahuddin Sallu who
was national selector eight times and once chairman in 1999. Sallu was
chief selector of the KCCA for 10 years during which time Karachi won
every major trophy.