LAHORE – The Defence Day Berger Paints Basketball celebrations, organised by the Ka-rachi Basketball Association (KBBA) under the patronage of Sindh Basketball Association (SBBA) pa-tron-in-chief Ghulam Mohammad Khan, began with a tribute to Nishan-e-Haider recipient Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed at his mausoleum. A high-level sports delegation led by ACG Karachi Waqas Abbasi visited the mausoleum, where Ghulam Mohammad led the Fateha and Yusuf Pakistani offered a special prayer for the martyrs of the 1965 Pakistan-India war. Waqas Abbasi laid a floral wreath on behalf of Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi, while SOA Patron-in-Chief Sheikh Shakeel Ilyas, along with former AG Sindh Muhammad Shahid, also laid floral bouquets at the mausoleum. The cer-emony was attended by prominent sports personalities, including Sheikh Shakeel Ilyas, Yusuf Paki-stani, Muhammad Shahid, Syed Yusuf, Babar Hanif, Khursheed Alam Khan, Shah Rukh, Asad Ibad Ali, Aamir Sharif, Zahid Malik, Zulfiqar Abbas, Dilawar Abbas Khan, Samad Noor Khan, Huzaifa Qadri, Tariq Khan, Muhammad Haider Khan, Tariq Hussain and Muhammad Ashraf.
