Miandad brother Basher passes away

Date: 3 December, 2009(Thursday)
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Basher Miandad, elder brother of former Test cricketer Javed Miandad has passed away in Karachi. He was in coma for a month after a traffic accident while returning some 30 days back surrender his life today[Thursday] morning.

Chairman PCB Muhammad Ijaz Butt and Management have expressed their deep sense of grief on the sad demise of Bashir Miandad elder brother of Javed Miandad, Director General PCB. “PCB fully shares Javed's grief and prays that his brother’s soul rests in peace. May Allah almighty give him and his family strength to bear this huge loss,” said PCB.

Bashir was right-hand bat and right-arm medium-fast played five first-class matches for Habib Bank Limited in a span of 1972 – 1982.

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By Syed M. Aslam
Dec 13 - 19, 1999

Bashir Miandad is the Central chairman of Pakistan Small Chamber of Commerce and Cottage Industry. He is also the vice chairman of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s standing committee of Social Welfare and Youth Affairs (FPCCI). He is the elder brother of Pakistani cricket legend Javed Miandad and eldest of five sons of late Miandad Noor Muhammad the Secretary of prestigious Sir Abdullah Haroon Muslim Gymkhana Karachi for 26 years.

Eldest of five brothers, Javed being the third, Bashir in his own rights was a seasoned cricket player who played Ayub Trophy in the late 1960s. He is a senior vice chairman of Pakistan Coconut Plantation Society, an organisation which promotes commercial plantation of coconut trees in the coastal belts of Pakistan. He is also the chief patron on a number of organisations including Pakistan Human Rights Association and Pakistan Small Steel Iron Market Association.