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- ↑ Shahid Khan at Cricket Archive
- ↑ Ahmed Munir at Cricket Archive
- ↑ National Bank of Pakistan v Pakistan University Grants Commission 1991-92
- ↑ Pakistan University Grants Commission v Pakistan National Shipping Corporation 1990-91
- ↑ Wisden 1992, p. 988, pp. 1166-69, Wisden 1993, pp. 1155-57.
