Chishty Mujahid

Chishty Mujahid (Urdu: چشتی مجاہد‎, born 1944) is a Pakistani cricket commentator[1] who also played at club level cricket.[2][3]

Chishty Mujahid
Born (1944-01-17) January 17, 1944
Delhi, British India
CitizenshipPakistani
Alma materKarachi Grammar School, National College Karachi, Selwyn College, Cambridge

Early life

Chishty was born in 17 January 1944 in Delhi, British Raj.[4] His family migrated to Karachi from Allahabad after the establishment of Pakistan.[4]

Education and career

He was educated at Karachi Grammar School, then the National College Karachi, and later at Selwyn College, Cambridge.[4] He began Pakistani radio commentaries in 1967 and television commentaries in 1970. Chishty has also commentated for outside the country.[5]

Awards

In 1986, he was awarded PTV best sports commentator. He won the Radio Pakistan best cricket commentator award in 1999[5] and excellence award in 2001.[6] Chishty is the recipient of Pride of Performance 2003 for cricket broadcasting and telecasting.[7]

References
  1. "Chishti completes 50 years in cricket commentary". www.thenews.com.pk. January 18, 2017.
  2. Paracha, Nadeem F. (August 28, 2014). "Calling on the game: History of cricket commentary in Pakistan". DAWN.COM.
  3. "Chishty Mujahid takes over as PCB Director".
  4. "Chishty Mujahid completes half a century of broadcasting and telecasting cricket commentary".
  5. "Chishty Mujahid takes over as PCB Director". Cricinfo.
  6. Husain, Amir (December 31, 2012). "The standard of commentary has gone down all over the world: Chishty Mujahid". Cricket Country.
  7. "Tareekh e Pakistan - Chishti Mujahid (صدارتی تمغا برائے حسن کارکردگی۔ چشتی مجاہد) | Online History Of Pakistan". www.tareekhepakistan.com.
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