LAHORE: Pakistan’s former international wrestler Mohammad Siraj Din alias Saja died here on Wedn­esday. He was 85.

The Lahore-born Siraj represented the country at the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arsh­ad Aul­a­kh and the Pakistan Wrestl­ing Federa­tion have condoled the sad demise of the wrestler and prayed for the departed soul.

Published in Dawn, June 17th, 2021

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