Pakistan's Olympic medalist
boxer Hussain Shah and Pakistani-born British boxer Aamir Khan have come out
against the boxing ring with strong verbal jokes and both have tried to remind
each other what they did for Pakistan.
What is the background of
this war of words? In fact, during an online conversation with journalists
yesterday, Aamir Khan raised questions about Hussein Shah's service for
Pakistani boxing and said, "What have they done for Pakistani
boxing?"
Aamir Khan claimed that
Hussein Shah resided in Japan after making a name in Pakistan, although he
should have trained Pakistani boxers while living in Pakistan.
Amir also objected that the
boxing gymnasium in Islamabad was named after Hussein. He believes that
since Hussein is from Karachi, the academy there should have been named after
him.
Hussein
Shah's response punch
Hussain Shah, in response
to his criticism, asked Aamir Khan what he did for Pakistani boxing.
Talking to Tokyo, Hussein
Shah told the BBC that Aamir Khan, who is a professional boxer, has no idea
what the real boxing situation of Pakistan is.
Hussein says that Aamir
Khan, who lives in the United Kingdom, has no idea of the inappropriate
circumstances of the rich boxers of Pakistan in the past and how their economic
conditions were. Because of these economic conditions, he had traveled
abroad.
Hussain Shah says that
before criticizing him, Aamir Khan should explain what service he has done for
Pakistan. "They have not fought a single fight for Pakistan in their
life."
Hussein Shah says he is the
only boxer in Pakistan who has the honor of winning a medal at the Olympics.
He is the only Pakistani
boxer to win gold in five consecutive Safe Games events. Hussein Shah says
that as far as his patriotism is concerned, he does not need to get his
certificate from anyone.
Hussein Shah points out
that while living in Japan, his son Shah Hussein Shah is proud to represent
Pakistan in judo even though he could represent Japan but he did not do so and
he served on behalf of Pakistan's Commonwealth. He won silver in the Games, two
gold medals at the South Asian Games and a bronze medal at the Asian
Championship, and also represented Pakistan at the Rio Olympics.
Hussein Shah said that the
indoor gymnasium in Islamabad was named after him, which is surprisingly now
named after Aamir Khan. Can anyone explain what kind of services they have
been awarded for this?
Background of
gymnasium attributed to Hussein Shah
Former Pakistan
International Referee Judge Ali Akbar Shah described the background of the
gymnasium to BBC Urdu and said that after the Asian Games held in Busan in
2002, Pakistani boxers met President General Pervez Musharraf.
On this occasion, General Musharraf
approved Rs one crore for indoor gymnasiums in all four provincial capitals and
Islamabad. Islamabad Academy was named as Hussain Shah, Lahore Academy
Syed Mohammad Ghaznavi, Lala Amanullah Khan of Peshawar, Syed Abrar Hussain of
Quetta and Karachi Academy were named as Professors and Chaudhry. ۔
Ali Akbar Shah says that
the meeting was also attended by the then Sports Caretaker Federal Minister
Colonel Tressler and Pakistan Sports Board Director General Brigadier Sault
Abbas.
Ali Akbar Shah said that in
2004 Professor Anwar Chaudhry had asked Aamir Khan to represent Pakistan at the
Athens Olympics but he refused and preferred to represent Britain.
His younger brother, Haroon
Khan, was forced to represent Pakistan at the 2010 Commonwealth Games because
he could not participate in the Olympics from the United Kingdom so he chose
Pakistan.
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