Muhammad Ashfaq (November 11, 1946 – July 3, 2005) was a

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player. He won a gold medal at the

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Death

He died on 3 July 2005 in

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, Pakistan, and was buried in local Alif Shah graveyard.

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* Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan Olympic gold medalists for Pakistan Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1970 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games 1946 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Pakistani sportsmen {{Pakistan-fieldhockey-bio-stub