Another Pakistani artiste condemns Uri attack

After Pakistani actress Mawra Hocane yesterday condemned Uri terror attack in her tweet, it is Pakistani singer Shafqat Amanat Ali who has come forward to speak against the same.

Pakistani artistes working in Bollywood, had recently received threats from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to leave India in the wake of the attack and also demanded a ban on them from working in the film industry.

The Pak artistes’ silence on the attack received huge criticism in India, especially after some sections of Bollywood spoke in their support.

“It is a terror attack and I condemn it, I strongly condemn it,” said Shafqat to a news channel.

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“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. The moment all this started, people started bashing them. Someone also wrote an open letter to Fawad which pushes you on the backfoot 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,” he added.

Shafqat Amanat Ali’s concert in Benguluru was scrapped last month after the terror strike.