Tribute to Olympic Legend being held in Thatta, Attock, Pakistan

10.25.2019
Danish Yazdani
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The Zakir Hussain Memorial Hockey Tournament 2019 is being held in Thatta, Attock, Pakistan. This tournament is in tribute to a great legend of the world of hockey and a former Olympian, Hero of the Mexico Olympics 1968, Zakir Hussain. Zakir Hussain was a Pakistani Field Hockey player who won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He is also remembered for participating in the 1958 Tokyo and 1962 Jakarta Asian Games. He, unfortunately, left this world for a better place on the 19th of August, 2019.

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