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PakPassion.Net  is a website and forum founded in 2000 and dedicated principally to the sport of cricket and more specifically to the Pakistani cricket team.

According to forum tracking database Big Boards, PakPassion has over 9,500 registered members and 1.5 million posts as of October 2008 and an Alexa ranking within the top 50,000, making it amongst the most frequently visited Pakistan cricket forums.

History
PakPassion began in June 2000 on the Rivals group of sports sites, starting as purely a cricket forum. In May 2001, it moved from the Rivals to the Sportsnetwork sports forum.

January 2005 saw PakPassion go independent with domain name found at www.pakpassion.net. Template and features had by now advanced to include things such as 'Post of the Week', 'Quote of the Week'.

In September 2005, PakPassion officially announced their first exclusive interview, that of former fast bowler and cricket coach Aquib Javed. April 2007 saw PakPassion staff appearing on Venus Television discussing Pakistan's participation in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

There was numerous reporting of interviews in major press agencies in 2008 such as Cricinfo and Yahoo.

Interviews
PakPassion.Net has an exclusive interviews section which has claimed forum member participation in the interview questions process. This has lead to some many widely featured interviews with renowned cricket personalities like the late Bob Woolmer, Saqlain Mushtaq, Wasim Bari, Aaqib Javed, Mushtaq Ahmed, Aamir Sohail, Rameez Raja, Damien Fleming and many other interesting figures related to the world of cricket. Often the interviews have been sourced for news articles by prominent press agencies such as Cricinfo

Gallery
The gallery feature allows members to upload their own pictures within either the cricket or an off topic category. The photos, exclusive to PakPassion often are in game or training captures of Pakistani and other international players.

Columns & Blogs
Columns and Blogs are written by long established members, cricket journalists and included frequent contributions from late Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer.

Popularity
PakPassion has been quoted and been featured on Cricinfo, The Times, The Independent, ESPN Star the Pakistani daily paper Dawn and several other publications. PP staff and members have also represented PP with appearances on Chicago Radio and on a televised cricket show in the UK on Venus TV.