Untold: The extraordinary stories of Pakistani legends

2013 brought us Rush, Class of 92, a documentary about rise of Manchester United's modern-day superstars and Bollywood's take on India's Olympic sprinter Milkha Singh. Pakistan presented its first sports film, "Untold", inspired by the career of Shahid Afridi.

Hashim Khan is regarded as the greatest player in the history of squash. He started playing squash as a ball boy at the British Officer's Club in Peshawar. Khan won the All-of-India tournament in Bombay in 1944. After partition, he moved to Pakistan and won six British Open titles. In the 1960s, Khan settled in Detroit and coached there. July 1 is Hashim's Day in Denver.   He is considered the game's grand master. The mayor of Denver made July first of the month Hashims Day. It is also called Hashins Day there as well.  The city of Colorado also has a Hash inshah day.

The Bholu dynasty is a famous wrestling dynasty from Pakistan. Manzoor Ahmad was the last in the line of these great wrestlers. He was awarded Pride of Performance and Pakistani World Champion in 1967. B Holu was chosen as the heir to Gama's throne in 1963. The family practice ring is now a graveyard. It is the symbol of the decline of kushti. The mausoleum is cleaned but otherwise the compound is empty. There is no sign of their former wrestling ring. They are buried next to a centuries-old Banyan tree. Their practice centre is an empty compound.

Abrar Hussain Shah was murdered on June 16, 2011. He was a boxing legend who represented Pakistan at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. Shah won a gold medal at South Asian Games in 1985 and a silver medal in the 11th Asian games in Beijing in 1990. After his retirement, Shah worked in administration. He could have settled for a comfortable job in Quetta, but he wanted to make a difference. His wife said that his only crime was that he was Shia. The story of Abrars' life is tragic but not as tragic as his murder. It was another tale of a Herculean man left on his knees and cast away.

Naseem Hameed won the 100m sprint at the 2010 South Asian Games in Bangladesh. She was the first female athlete to win the event in the 26-year history. Naseen grew up in an impoverished Korangi neighbourhood of Karachi and she ran barefoot because her family could not afford running shoes. The lack of support and an injury meant she retired before her time. Now she has set up her own academy and dedicates her life to coaching the underprivileged.

Pakistan hockey team was so good from 1948 to 1994 that several reels of film could be dedicated to the stars. The current state of the team will put their legacy in perspective.