The Sports Journalists Association of Sindh (SJAS) has decorated ace Pakistani tennis star Aqeel Khan with a gold medal for his remarkable services to the country. The gold medal presentation ceremony was staged during the 3rd (Late) Rashid Ali Siddiqui SJAS Talent Awards held at Karachi Gymkhana on 2nd August. In memory of late ex-Sindh Minister Dr Syed Muhammad Ali Shah, SJAS awarded another gold medal to senior sports journalist, Mirza Iqbal Baig, while the Rashid Ali Siddiqui Talent Awards were given to Pakistan women cricketer Fatima Sana Khan, Snooker player Zulfiqar Qadir, 8-year-old table tennis player Arham Bin Farrukh, special athlete Sajida Bibi, and table tennis 14 years old player Hoor Fawad. SJAS Special Awards went to Pakistan top tenpin bowling player Ali Soorya, Guinness World Record Holder Pakistan Mixed Martial Arts champion Mohammad Rashid Naseem, and Captain Pakistan Baseball Team Sheraz Asif.
SJAS also gave Journalists Awards to their members Yawar Abbas, Shahzaib Baig, Alam Zaib Safi, Shahzada Moin, Ali Hassan, Ehsan Khan, and presented SJAS Shelds EC Members Imtiaz Naranja, Mahmood Riaz, Sajjad Khan, Ubaid Awan, Shahid Ali Khan, Mohsin Raza Khan, Hasnain Anwer, Javed Iqbal, Ishaq Balloch, Umer Shaeen, and Kashif Ahmed Farooqui.
Former hockey Olympian and newly-appointed Chief Selector of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Manzoor Junior, SJAS Patrons Dr. Junaid Ali Shah, Dr Farhan Essa, Sindh Olympic Association secretary Ahmed Ali Rajput, KCCA ex-secretary Jamil Ahmed, Aslam Khan, Iqbal Munir, Alamgir Shaikh, Khalid Rehmani, Wajahat Siddiqui, Rao Javed Iqbal alongside other dignitaries, were present at the ceremony.
