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Popular singer from Pak, first to condemns Uri Attack
Updated : Oct 7, 2016
Popular Pakistani singer Shafqat Amanat Ali, whose Bengaluru concert was cancelled after the September 18 attack in Jammu and Kashmir, has defended his fraternity members who he feels have been blamed for keeping quiet about condemning the incident. Ever since the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) threatened Pakistani artistes to leave India in the wake of the September 18 attacks, the country has been divided over the right of Pak artistes to work in India. Soon, the Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA) placed an indefinite ban on Pak artistes from working in Indian projects. Shafqat, told a news channel, “It is a terror attack and I condemn it, I strongly condemn it.” When asked why other Pakistani artistes haven’t condemned the attack, the singer said, “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.”