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2017, a year of hate crimes in India: Number of violent incidents related to cows, religion is rising
Indiaspend •The year 2017 recorded the highest death toll (11 deaths) and the most number of incidents of hate violence (37 incidents) related to cows and religion since 2010.
Aamir Khan’s son Junaid begins shoot for his Hindi film debut Maharaja
Trendingdesk •Maharaja will be directed by Siddharth P Malhotra and the Maharaj Libel Case of 1862.
Kritika Pandey wins 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize; discusses writing, language and her craft with Firstpost
Aarushi Agrawal •2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner Kritika Pandey on her relationship with writing, and the role of fiction in a world divided by hate.
Shoaib Malik, Junaid Khan and Muhammad Hafeez set to lose central contracts with PCB, says report
•Although players could get enhancements in monthly salaries and match fees, PCB has decided now to only award contracts to players who have done well in the last one year and have a future with Pakistan team.
England vs Pakistan: Hosts justify World Cup favourites tag even as Sarfaraz Ahmed and Co fret over abject bowling performances
Saj Sadiq •Apart from the sheer brilliance of their opponents and back-to-back ODI series losses, what really came to light were the weaknesses in Pakistan's preparations ahead of the World Cup.
England vs Pakistan: Ben Stokes' rescue act following Jason Roy's ton helps hosts clinch three-wicket victory
•Ben Stokes' unbeaten 71 rescued England from a top-order collapse as the World Cup hosts and favourites beat Pakistan by three wickets with three balls to spare.
Junaid Khan, Pakistan bowler, World Cup 2019 Player Full Profile: Mega event a chance for Junaid to lead from front and silence critics
Saj Sadiq •The World Cup presents Junaid with a fantastic opportunity to silence his critics and show the world that his limited opportunities for Pakistan have been an error on the part of the selectors.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Uncommon predictability and logic of Pakistan's squad is surprising despite exclusion of Mohammad Amir
Hassan Cheema •In the end, there was no real surprise, perhaps with the exception of Mohammad Amir’s exclusion. But for anyone who has followed Pakistan cricket, or particularly the media around it, over the past nine months the normalcy of the squad did come as a surprise – none more so than with the captain.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Pakistan leave out pacer Mohammad Amir from squad; Abid Ali, Hafeez picked
•Pakistan's Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq, announcing the World Cup squad and two reserve players, said the 11 from the 2017 Champions Trophy had been retained in the selection process.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Pakistan set to name 15-member squad along with two reserves
•Pakistan selection committee has decided to utilise the five-match one-day series against England and some side matches as the barometer for making changes in the 15-member World Cup squad, if required