Khwaja Zakauddin
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Khawaja Zakauddin is a former field hockey
forward from Pakistan
who played from 1958 to 1966. In 2009, he was given Pride of Performance
award which is the highest civil award of Pakistan. After his retirement, he served as coach, chief selector and manager for Pakistan hockey in different times.
He is father-in-law of Pakistani hockey olympian Tauqeer Dar
.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
forward from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
who played from 1958 to 1966. In 2009, he was given Pride of Performance
Pride of Performance
Pride of Performance , is one of the highest civil award given and conferred by the Pakistan Government to Pakistan's citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of Literature, Arts, Sports, Medicines, and Science for civilians in most particular cases.The announcement of civil...
award which is the highest civil award of Pakistan. After his retirement, he served as coach, chief selector and manager for Pakistan hockey in different times.
He is father-in-law of Pakistani hockey olympian Tauqeer Dar
Tauqeer Dar
Tauqeer Dar is a former field hockey player from Pakistan. He was the member of the winning Pakistani team in 1984 Summer Olympics. He is the son of Munir Ahmad Dar and the nephew of Tanvir Dar. He is also the son-in-law of Khawaja Zaka-ud-Din who was the head-coach of Pakistani hockey team for...
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