Raja Saleem Akhtar (Punjabi, Urdu: راجہ سلیم اختر) (8 September 1930 – 22 April 2004) was a Pakistani cricketer who played for Multan and Sargodha.[1] His sons Wasim Raja and Ramiz Raja played for the Pakistan cricket team, while Zaeem Raja played first-class cricket.
Raja was born in a Punjabi Muslim family. He worked as a civil servant and was a police commissioner.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Saleem Akhtar". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Rameez and Wasim Raja's father dies at 74". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "'Ramiz Raja was at slips because his father was a commissioner': Wasim Akram's startling claims about PCB chairman". Hindustan Times. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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