Risja honours visiting journalists

RAWALPINDI: Visiting spor­ts journalists from Sri Lanka were presented with souvenirs on the historic occasion of return of Test cricket to Pakistan here at the Pindi Stadium.

A ceremony was arranged by Rawalpindi-Islamabad Sports Journalists Association (Risja) at the Pindi Stadium. Veteran sports journalists Asghar Ali Mobarik organised the ceremony on behalf of Risja with some senior local journalists including Rizwan Ehsan Ali, Gabriel de Souza, Mohsin Ali, Mohsin Ijaz, Zulfikar Baig, Arif Khan, Nasir Aslam Raja, Jabbar Faisal, Rozina Ali, Shakir Abbasi presenting the souvenirs on this occasion to the visiting sports scribes.

Risja Chairman Abdul Mohi Shah hoped that souvenirs will remind the visiting journalists of their presence on the return of international cricket to Pakistan, for rest of their journalistic career.

Asghar Mobarik also thanks all for taking time out for the ceremony. Visiting journalists from Karachi and Lahore also received their memento. These included Shahid Hashmi, Suvaira Pasha, Iqbal Baig, Tariq Saeed and Yahya Hussani.

Those visiting journalists from Sri Lanka who received souvenirs included Oshitha Warakapitiya, Damith Weerasnghe, Andrew Fernando, Samsudeen Aroos, Udara de Silva, C Dissanayaka, Aboobucker Askar, Wichithra Weerasinghe DG Danushka Aravinda, Asela Vithana, Prince Gunasekara, Althaf Navaz and NV Anthony. Mohsin Ali thanked all for being part of this historic occasion.