Times of Islamabad

Calls for banning Pakistani artists, movies and music in India from Hindu hardliners

Calls for banning Pakistani artists, movies and music in India from Hindu hardliners

*MUMBAI – *

Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or the MNS asked musiccompanies on Saturday to pull out songs of Pakistani artistes from theiralbums and videos, after over 40 soldiers were killed in the ghastly terrorattack in Pulwama February 14. Programmes, promotions and collaborationswith Pakistani artistes should be banned, said the MNS.

T-Series has reportedly pulled down videos and stopped promotions of twosongs by Pakistani artistes after the MNS’ demand.by Taboolalink:Sponsored Linkslink:.linkWill Never Throw Away a Banana Peel Again After You See ThisHealth & HumanResearchlink

“T-Series has already removed Pakistani artistes’ videos from their variouschannels from February 15 and has decided to ban them all in future. Othermusic companies are following them,” Amey Khopkar, President of MNSChitrapat Sena, told news agency IANS.

“We have verbally communicated to music companies like T-Series, SonyMusic, Venus, Tips Music etc to stop working with Pakistani singers,” saidMr Khopkar, adding that if they don’t do it immediately “we will takeaction in our own style.”