Nur Khan rendered colossal services for the uplift of national
sports of hockey, cricket and squash and enabled Pakistan to
reach the pinnacle. Under his tenure as hockey chief, Pakistan
won two Olympics, World Cup and Champions Trophy titles with
later two tournaments being his own brainchild apart from many
new innovations to uplift these sports from decline and
decadence. When he became chairman PCB (then BCCP) in February
1980, he made the Asia Cup an enduring reality and introduced
neutral umpiring in cricket matches. He also played a pivotal
role in bringing the Cricket World Cup to the subcontinent for
the first time. When Nur Khan took over the responsibility of
reviving squash in the country, the game saw its zenith. His
revolutionary steps for the uplift of the game included
introduction of talent hunt scheme which paid dividends and
produced a surfeit of world class Pakistan players in the 70s:
Qamar Zaman, Gogi Allauddin, Hidayat Jahan, Mohibullah Khan
Junior and others. ln 1975, his efforts bore