Calls for Pakistani artists to leave India have been growing after
the Uri attacks as nationalist party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)’s
film wing has issued a 48-hour deadline to all Pakistani artistes to
leave the country.
The MNS’s Chitrapat Sena’s President Amey Khopkar issued the statement yesterday,
reports India Tribune.
“We gave a 48-hour deadline to Pakistani actors and artists to leave India or MNS will push them out,” reads the statement.
The MSN came up with the ultimatum following a militant attack on
Indian army base at Uri, Kashmir that left 18 Indian military personnel
dead.
Following the friction between the two countries over Kashmir, some
in India have started opposing the work of Pakistani artistes in their
country.
Earlier, one
Indian journalist penned a letter to Fawad asking him to leave the country stating the war on Kashmir as an issue,
reports Pakistani daily DAWN.
"We have watched in pain how you have chosen to look away when your country is inflicting pain on us." he wrote.
Meanwhile
one wrote a counter letter arguing that "Fawad is an actor and not a politician... Let’s leave the politics to our politicians."
She added, "We’ve showered love on you because you deserve it (and
also because of your dreamy eyes) not because you are from Pakistan."
This is not the first time Fawad and co have received threats from
India's nationalist parties. In October last year, Shiv Sena activists
had threatened Fawad Khan and Mahira and announced plans to hinder
promotions of the actors' upcoming movies, Raees and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
There have also been several protests by Shiv Sena and the Raj
Thackeray-headed political organisation against the performance of
ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali in India in January.
