India, Oct. 4 -- Mohsin Naqvi, the Pakistan Cricket Board chief and President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), who is also the country's Interior Minister, is set to be honoured with the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Excellence Gold Medal in recognition of what organisers describe as his "principled and courageous stance" during the trophy handover controversy at the recent Asia Cup final.

According to a report in The Independent, Advocate Ghulam Abbas Jamal, President of the Sindh and Karachi Basketball Associations, made the announcement. Jamal said Naqvi's actions had "restored national pride" at a time of heightened political and sporting tensions with India.

Naqvi made international headlines during the post-match ceremony of the ...