Sunday, June 21, 2009

President announces cash award





ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari congratulated the national cricket team on Sunday for winning the T20 World Cup in London and announced an award of Rs1 million each for Captain Younus Khan and Man of the Match Shahid Afridi and Rs500,000 each for other players.

Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the award would be given from the president’s discretionary fund.In messages sent from Naudero to the captain and manager of the team, the president termed the victory one of the most magnificent moments in the history of national cricket.

‘That our team is wearing this crown on the 56th birth anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Bhutto has made it even more magnificent,’ he said.

The President said the superb teamwork had made the victory possible and the nation would savour it for a long time. He asked the captain to convey his felicitations to all members of the team.

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