New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Pakistan interior minister Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Asian Cricket Council chief, will be honoured with the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Excellence Gold Medal for what has been described by certain quarters as "principled and courageous stance" during the Asia Cup final trophy controversy.

The news was revealed by Pakistan-based news portal, The Nation.

Naqvi will be awarded the medal in a ceremony in Karachi. Bilawal Bhutto, the chairman of the Pakistan People's Party and grandson of Bhutto, has been requested to be in attendance at said event.

After the Asia Cup final in which India defeated Pakistan, the Men in Blue refused to take the trophy from Naqvi, who had shared a controv...