It is high time that India lifts the ban on Pakistani artists: singer Shafqat Amanat Ali

Shafqat Amanat Ali wonders why there is no exchange of artistic talent between India and Pakistan while all other trade between the two countries is intact. The Pakistani singer says that the entertainment industry is a prime target and believes that it is high time that India lifts the ban that prohibits Pakistani artists from performing in the country.

"The art and entertainment industry is a prime target, they know they can." It's very easy, otherwise we have a lot of trade between India and Pakistan, "Shafqat told IANS in a phone call from Lahore.

" If you go to the Attari-Wagah border, you can see trucks carrying goods and exchanging goods on both sides. These import and export activities operate in their own right. People wait with their trucks and unload their goods.
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"If we stop that, it would lead to chaos, but they know that if they forbid artists, actors, or people related to the art, they will express themselves through the media or the media." social networks, nothing else, "added the singer, who sang Bollywood songs as Mitwa, Tere naina, Allah waariyan, Bin Tere and Dildaara .
The singer, who has now lent his voice to a song from TVF's upcoming web series Tripling Season 2, states that "there are many other things we can do from positively and that we do not do so ".

Shafqat expressed his opinion on the question of how, in 2016, Indian Indian film badociations had banned Pakistani artists from working in the country.

That same year, Pakistani filmmakers and movie owners imposed a ban on the showing of Indian films in the country as a result of growing tensions with India as a result of the Terrorist attack of 18 September 2016 in Uri. The ban was lifted afterwards.

Uri's attack had led the Naven Maharashtra Sena (MNS) in Mumbai to give an ultimatum to Pakistani artists to allow them to leave India. The Zindagi channel has ended the broadcast of Pakistani shows and even the Indian Filmmakers' Association (IMPPA) has pbaded a resolution banning Pakistani artists from working in India.

As a result, Shafqat's concert in Bengaluru was also canceled in 2016. Since then, Shafqat's concert in Bengaluru has also been canceled. he sang for Indian projects like Mulk, Ishqeria and Bhaiaji Superhit . But there were no live concerts.

Does it fail to occur in India?

"Of course, if you talk to people who went to Pakistan to support their team in the last India-Pakistan match, (they will say), they came back after a very busy trip. emotion.

"They were given so much love. And we have also received a lot of love, respect and appreciation for our work in India. I miss playing in India and it is high time that they lift the ban. "

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