Gul Hameed Bhatti was a Pakistani journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

, editor

Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...

 and sports writer. Known as Pakistans "Encyclopaedia of Cricket", Bhatti wrote for The Cricketer Magazine

The Cricketer Magazine

The Cricketer is a monthly English language cricket magazine published in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded in 1972 by Riaz Ahmed Mansuri and edited by statistician and cricket historian Gul Hameed Bhatti.The magazine closed in 2010....

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After training as a pilot, Bhatti turnt to journalism joining The Crickter. He also joined forces with Abid Ali Kazi

Abid Ali Kazi

Abid Ali Kazi is a cricket statistician and historian based in Pakistan.Abid Ali Kazi's major contribution to cricket is compiling the history of Pakistan cricket and the scorecards of many first-class matches which remained largely undocumented till the 1990s...

 and Nauman Badr and launched the Cricket Statistians Association. In 1990 Bhatti joined The News as a sports editor.

Bhatti suffered with ill health after the death of his wife in 1996. After a battle with throat cancer, he suffered a brain stroke. He died on February 5, 2010 after a second stroke.

External Links

• A Tribute by Jalal Hamid Bhatti (brother) - http://sajshirazi.blogspot.com/2010/02/gul-hameed-bhatti-man-born-for-cricket.html