It’s not just the press or the people who are gushing over this vicotory, but also the ruling class. The News reported on June 22: “ ‘The president has announced Rs 1 million each for captain Younis Khan and all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi,’ said Salman Faruqi, secretary-general to the president. ‘All the remaining members of the Pakistan cricket team and others will get Rs 0.5 million each. And each member of the team will be decorated in a unique way worthy of the occasion,’ he said.”

Daily Times appeared to celebrate the reported celebrations in Srinagar. On June 22, it carried an interesting report: “Srinagar erupted in celebration as Pakistan beat Sri Lanka and scores of Kashmiri youth poured on to the streets and lit firecrackers. The youths also chanted pro-Pakistan and pro-freedom slogans as Indian paramilitary troops stayed in their bunkers, witnesses said. Thousands of Kashmiris were glued to their TVs to watch the tense final. “It is a great victory and one day I hope we will merge with Pakistan,” said a die-hard Pakistani cricket fan, Muhammed Yaseen.”