• Home
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Trending
  • Entertainment
  • Book Reviews
  • Login
  • Register
Clever Read.
Advertisement
ADVERTISEMENT
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Trending
  • Entertainment
  • Book Reviews
No Result
View All Result
Clever Read.
No Result
View All Result
Home education

Perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai attacks roam freely in Pak, says Javed Akhtar at Lahore event

Clever Read by Clever Read
February 21, 2023
in education
0
14
SHARES
283
VIEWS

Perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai attacks roam freely in Pak, says Javed Akhtar at Lahore event

Lahore, Feb 21 (PTI) The perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks are still roaming freely in Pakistan and Pakistanis should not get angry when India talks about the 2008 carnage, lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar has said.
The writer made these comments in response to a viral video of the seventh Faiz festival organized here in honor of renowned Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz, where a member of the audience asked Akhtar to carry a message of peace with him to Indians. Pakistan is “a positive, friendly and loving country”.
“We shouldn’t blame each other. It won’t solve anything. The atmosphere is tense and needs to be defused,” the 78-year-old songstress said.
“We are from Mumbai and we saw the attack on our city. They (attackers) did not come from Norway or Egypt. They are still roaming freely in your country. So if there is a grievance in the heart of a Hindustani, you should not be offended,” hosted by Adil Hashmi, grandson of poet Faiz. Akhtar said at the event.
Akhtar also told the gathering that while Pakistani artistes like Nasrat Fateh Ali Khan and Mehdi Hasan were warmly welcomed in India, Pakistan did not host a single performance by Lata Mangeshkar.
“We hosted big functions for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Mehdi Hasan. You (Pakistan) don’t organize a function for Lata Mangeshkar,” the poet said, drawing loud cheers and applause from the audience.
On November 26, 2008, 10 Pakistani terrorists from Lashkar-e-Taiba, led by Hafiz Saeed, came across the sea and opened fire, killing 166 people, including 18 security personnel, and injuring many others.
The attacks drew worldwide condemnation. Nine Pakistani terrorists were killed by Indian security forces. Ajmal Kasab was the only terrorist captured alive. He was hanged four years later on November 21, 2012.
India has been accused of allowing key conspirators and planners of the 26/11 attacks to remain safe and unpunished in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut praised Akhtar for his candid comments on the 26/11 terror attacks, tweeting: ‘Khar mein khus ke mara’ (He attacked them on their own land).
At the Lahore event, Akhtar spoke extensively about language, poetry, performing arts, love and friendship and his marriage to actress Shabana Azmi.
He left Pakistan on Monday at the end of a three-day festival at the Alhamra Arts Council in Lahore that attracted a large number of visitors from all quarters.
When asked about his marriage and love for Azmi, he said: “I share a very strong friendship with Shabana and even marriage cannot break it.”
He said that the original name of Urdu was Hindvi and when everything was divided (during partition), “Urdu being a language cannot be divided, so it was pushed to Pakistan)”.
On art and the lack of depth of the arts, the lyricist says that speed of communication has come at the cost of depth.

Previous Post

Dmitry Dmitrukas appointed foreign coach of Indian boxing team

Next Post

A synchronized vulture survey will begin from February 24 in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

Clever Read

Clever Read

Related Posts

education

Delhi HC asks Centre to take policy decision on filling up vacant MBBS seats for PWD candidates

by Clever Read
February 21, 2023
education

CRPF ASI & HC Admit Card 2022 is released today at crpf.gov.in

by Clever Read
February 15, 2023
education

CASB Result 2023: Download IAF Agniveervayu 01/2023 Phase 2 Admit Card

by Clever Read
February 15, 2023
education

CAPF, MHA to recruit 297 Medical Officer posts, registration begins February 15

by Clever Read
February 11, 2023
education

West Bengal TET Result 2022: Know How to Check

by Clever Read
February 10, 2023
Next Post

A synchronized vulture survey will begin from February 24 in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

ADVERTISEMENT

Premium Content

American nightmare: Gujarat man held in Mexico, kin ‘sent to US’ | India News – Times of India

July 22, 2022

Specimen Of Dinosaur-Era Insect Found On Walmart Building In US

March 6, 2023

Veera Simha Reddy Box Office Collection Day 1

January 13, 2023

Browse by Category

  • Astrology
  • Authors Interview
  • Book Fair
  • Book Reviews
  • Business
  • Cooking
  • crime
  • defense
  • education
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Food
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • Parenting & Children
  • Politics
  • pr
  • Self Help
  • self publishing
  • Social media trends
  • Sports
  • Technology & Media
  • Travel
  • Trending
  • World

Browse by Tags

army Arpita Mukherjee Arvind Kejriwal BJP Chatterjee Congress covid Draupadi Murmu Google News Gotabaya Rajapaksa House India India News india news today Japan Joe Biden Khalistan Tiger Force Lok Sabha Mexico Murmu myanmar Narendra Modi NIA Nupur Sharma Oppose Parliament Partha Chatterjee Rahul Gandhi Rajya Sabha Ram Nathi Ranil Wickremesinghe rape Sri Lanka teen the path of fire The Tim Ferris Show TMC to arrest today's fresh news Today's news Uddhav Thackeray ukraine United Nations Yashwant Sinha yoshihiko isozakio
Book Reviews

Book Review: Ayuddh – A Poetic Odyssey by Krishiv Sharma

by Clever Read
March 31, 2023
0

Book Review: Ayuddh - A Poetic Odyssey by Krishiv Sharma "Ayuddh - A Poetic Odyssey" is a captivating tale of...

Read more

Fake Territorial Army site created by scamsters to dupe job aspirants: Officer

March 30, 2023

Eatery owner arrested for selling illegal firearms in Delhi

March 30, 2023

Priyanka talks about colourism in Bollywood, regrets doing fairness cream ads

March 30, 2023

MP: 25 feared trapped as roof of well collapses at temple

March 30, 2023
Clever Read

Get the latest information on news, trending topics, books, and social media trending reels.

© 2022 Cleverread - Clever Fox Publishing.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Books
    • Book Reviews
    • Trending
    • Astrology
    • Business
    • Fiction & Literature
    • Parenting & Children
    • Self Help
    • Cooking
  • Entertainment
  • Social Media Trends
  • PR
  • Interviews
  • News
  • Contact us
  • About us

© 2022 Cleverread - Clever Fox Publishing.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?