Darren Sammy to get Nishan-e-Pakistan & Honorary Citizenship

Government of Pakistan (GoP) has announced to give Pakistan’s highest civil award and honorary citizenship to West Indian cricketer Darren Sammy who is also the captain of Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League 2020.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced this via Twitter which further stated that President Dr. Arif Alvi will give the award to Darren Sammy at the Pakistan Day ceremony in Islamabad on March 23.

President of Pakistan Dr @ArifAlvi will confer the highest civilian award and honourary citizenship to Darren Sammy on 23 March for his invaluable contribution to cricket in Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/mn9AiLknB0

— PCB Media (@TheRealPCBMedia) February 22, 2020

Javed Afridi, owner of the cricket franchise Peshawar Zalmi, wrote on his Twitter account that in the history of Pakistan cricket, the honor has come in the part of Peshawar Zalmi that his captain was awarded the highest civilian award by the Government of Pakistan.

Javed Afridi further said that giving Darren Sammy the highest civilian award in Pakistan is a recognition of his services in returning to international cricket in country.

ڈیرن سمی @darensammy88 کو پاکستان کا اعلیء ترین سول ایوارڈ دینے کا فیصلہ صدر مملکت کا حقیقت میں کرکٹ اور پاکستان سے محبت کرنے والوں کے جذبات و احساسات کی عکاس ہے۔بلاشبہ اس مرد میدان کی خدمات پاکستان میں کرکٹ کی واپسی کے لئے ناقابل فراموش ہیں https://t.co/88PDthmAtD

— Javed Afridi (@JAfridi10) February 22, 2020

Peshawar Zalmi has also released a video of Darren Sammy’s visit to the tomb of Quaid-e-Azam, in which Darren Sammy says he has adopted the principles, unity, faith and discipline of this great leader in his life and he will try to convey this message not only to the Zalmi team but to the Pakistani nation and the entire world.

It is to be remembered that GoP has also announced to present Sitara-e-Imtiaz to Javed Afridi, owner of the cricket franchise Peshawar Zalmi, for his efforts and services for the revival of cricket in the country.

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