Legendary wrestler Din Mohammad rewarded.

LAHORE -- Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti has awarded a cheque of Rs100,000 to legendary wrestler Din Mohammad, who won gold at the 1954 Asian Games besides recommending the 94-year-old's name to the Punjab government for a house in the Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme.

The minister visited the Din Mohammad's house, in the Batapur area near the Indian-Pakistan border. Din Mohammad has spent his life in poverty with the government never in the past recognising his services. It was only until recently that his whereabouts were discovered following a media story on him.

Din Mohammad said that only those sportspersons who were employed by the Pakistan Army in the 1950s and 1960s were honoured for winning a medal at international level...