Bridge player dies

Published June 30, 2003

KARACHI, June 29: Veteran bridge player and founding member of Pakistan Bridge Federation Sharif Chaudhry died during Super Bowl Bridge at Aslam Memorial Hall due to cardiac arrest on Sunday evening.

The 72-year-old Sharif was playing for IV-Bidders when he suffered a heart attack. He was taken to Aga Khan Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

He also represented Pakistan as a non-playing captain of the national team for the Far Eastern Bridge Championship in 1974.

The event was abandoned due to his death. —APP

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