APROPOS the article `Cheese tasting with Avaris` (Aug 28). I remember Mr Avari winning the gold medal in the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok.

Yatching was a sport unheard of in Pakistan until Byram Avari introduced it to this country.

He showed the world that Pakistan could win a medal in a sport other than hockey.

He won again in 1982 in India; this time along with his wife Goshpi. We have not won a medal in this sport since.

It is ironic that with a population of 180 million, most of whom are young, we could not even bag a bronze at Rio. Byram Avari should spare some time from his busy schedule to help Pakistan revive the sport of yatching.

S. Nayyar Iqbai Raza Karachi