Javed Akhtar was lately in Pakistan for a literary pageant in Lahore, the place he made a remark concerning the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults roaming freely in Pakistan. A video of the lyricist-writer making the remark on the pageant held within the reminiscence of legendary Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz was extensively shared on social media, and even actor Kangana Ranaut reacted to it by praising him. Now, Javed has revealed the viewers’s response to his comment on the Pakistan occasion. Also learn: Kangana Ranaut praises Javed Akhtar’s comment on 26/11 Mumbai assaults throughout Pakistan occasion
In a brand new interview, Javed Akhtar stated that his remark concerning the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults was well-received in Pakistan. He added that there are numerous individuals in Pakistan ‘who admire India’, and needed the 2 neighbours to ‘have a relationship’. Javed additional spoke about how ‘Pakistan Army, Pakistani individuals, Pakistani institution should not on the identical web page’.
When requested concerning the viewers’s response to his comment, Javed stated in an interview to NDTV, “They all clapped. They agreed with me. There are many people who admire India, want to have a relationship with us. We tend to think of countries as monolith. That is not the case. How do we connect with millions of people, who want to connect with India.”
Javed was additionally requested if this was the precise time for talks between India and Pakistan, and if a center floor was wanted for that to occur. He stated, “I don’t have that kind of calibre (to respond to this query). People who are in power, who are holding that position, understand what is happening, what is the situation how to go about it. Pakistan Army, Pakistani people, Pakistani establishment are not on the same page… People who run the country know better. My information is little. We in India have very limited information about Pak people. Same is the case with them.”
In the latest clip from Lahore, which was additionally shared by Kangana Ranaut on Twitter, Javed Akhtar was seen addressing a gathering on the Pakistan pageant, the place he stated that as somebody, who had witnessed firsthand the horrors of the 26/11 assaults in Mumbai, it will be flawed to anticipate Indians to disregard that the perpetrators of these assaults are maybe nonetheless dwelling freely in Pakistan. Responding in Urdu to a query from an viewers member on the gathering, he stated, “The attackers weren’t from Norway, or from Egypt. They are still present in your country, so you should not be offended if an Indian complains about this.” He additionally stated that whereas India has hosted a number of Pakistani artists prior to now, Pakistan has by no means hosted singer Lata Mangeshkar.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com