Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Years gone by: Tale of the dusty medals

Once a nation­al level champi­on, 82-year-old retire­d boatma­n Baksh still has to work for Rs300 a day, simply to surviv­e  Haji Rahim Baksh, 82, who once won 30 national medals cannot make ends meet today.
BAHAWALPUR: 
Haji Rahim Baksh, 82, knows a thing or two about lost glory.
The boatman who once won 30 national level medals cannot make ends meet today.
“My medals don’t fill my belly. There is just no respect left,” says Baksh, with a definite tremble

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