Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi reject invitation from Karachi Art Council. But why?

MUMBAI - India's acclaimed lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar and his wife-actress Shabana Azmi have turned down the invitation to appear for a programme on poet Kaifi Azmi in Pakistan. The invitation was extended by Karachi Art Council.

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/lifestyle/javed-akhtar-shabana-azmi-to-visit-karachi-for-kaifi-azmi-festival/

Akhtar wrote on Twitter on Friday: “Karachi art council had invited. Shabana and I for a two day lit conference about Kaifi Azmi and his poetry. We have canceled that. In 1965 during the Indo Pak war, Kaifi saheb had written a poem. Aur Phir Krishan Ne Arjun Se Kaha.”

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At least 41 paramilitary police officers were killed in Pulwama when a car bomb targetted army convoys attack on Thursday, in the deadliest attack on the country’s security forces occupying the Muslim-majority valley for past many decades.

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/lifestyle/banning-indian-content-in-pakistan-is-wrong-shabana-azmi/

The pair also condemned condemned the attack in their separate tweets:

https://twitter.com/AzmiShabana/status/1096100074650619905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1096100074650619905&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fnews%2Fmovies%2Fafter-pulwama-attack-javed-akhtar-shabana-azmi-cancel-invitation-from-karachi-art-council-2037643.html

https://twitter.com/Javedakhtarjadu/status/1096102055079374848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1096102055079374848&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fnews%2Fmovies%2Fafter-pulwama-attack-javed-akhtar-shabana-azmi-cancel-invitation-from-karachi-art-council-2037643.html

Other prominent Bollywood celebrities like Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan, and Abhishek Bachchan have also condemned the attack in their posts.

https://twitter.com/akshaykumar/status/1096044182546931712

https://twitter.com/juniorbachchan/status/1096035169977266176

https://twitter.com/priyankachopra/status/1096066624220672001

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