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Ahead of Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shahryar Khan’s scheduled meeting with new BCCI president Shashank Manohar, 40 to 50 members of the Shiv Sena stormed the board’s headquarters at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, shouting slogans against Pakistan. The board presidents are meeting to discuss reviving cricket ties between the two nations. Shouting 'Pakistan hai hai' and carrying placards which said 'Shashank Manohar murdabad', 'Shahryar Khan chale jao', Shiv Sena activists gheraoed Shashank Manohar in his office shortly before the meeting could start. They were carrying saffron flags of shiv sena and black flags to condemn resumption of Indo-Pak cricketing ties. Shiv Sena activists told Mr. Manohar that BCCI should not resume ties with Pakistan as hundreds of innocent Mumbai citizens lost the