A lot of people are waiting for Pakistani artistes to speak up on the Uri attacks. After all, isn’t that the entire debate on?
So, here there is a singer from Pakistan, Shafqat Amanat Ali who has expressed his opinion from the neighbouring country to condemn the Uri terror attack.
You may recall that Shafqat’s concert in Benguluru was scrapped last month after the terror strike along with singer Atif Aslam (Atif Aslam’s concert gets cancelled in Gurgaon, Sept 29).
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Speaking to a news channel Shafqat said, "It is a terror attack and I condemn it, I strongly condemn it."
Of course the next obvious question was that why hasn’t any other Pakistani artiste condemned the attack till now. To which Shafqat replied, "As far as I know, Pakistani actors condemn any kind of attack which happens in any part of the world which is against any country because we have been suffering for so many years. We know how it feels when your soldier or civilian dies. So, I don't think any of them would say this (Uri) was right."
Although their silence on the attack has been questioned and criticised in India, Shafqat feels that when the attack happened there was anger generated towards Pakistani artistes and that pushed them on the back foot and hence they did not speak on the issue.
Shafqat said "The moment all this started, people started bashing them. Someone also wrote an open letter to Fawad which pushes you on the back foot and you start thinking 'What just happened? Why suddenly an open letter to me?'. Ali Zafar, Fawad, Rahat (Fateh Ali Khan) or me, we will condemn a terror attack in any part of the world."
Meanwhile another Pakistani actress Mawrah Hocane took to Twitter to express her point of view on the situation:
She also posted Ranbir’s picture which read ‘I want India and Pakistan to Hug Each Other’
Pakistani artistes, working in Bollywood, have been asked to leave India by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in the wake of the Uri attack and a ban on them have also been imposed by IMPPA from working in the Indian film industry.
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