Times of Islamabad

In a rare, DG ISPR defends the Pakistani actress dance performance from his personal account

In a rare, DG ISPR defends the Pakistani actress dance performance from his personal account

ISLAMABAD – In a rare, DG ISPR defends the Pakistani actress performancefrom his personal account.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major GeneralAsif Ghafoor defended an item song featuring Neelum Munir for renownedplaywright Khalilur Rehman Qamar’s directorial venture *Kaaf Kangana.*

The song titled *Khabon Main* was composed by Sahir Ali Bagga while AimaBaig lent her vocals. It instantly went viral and received a lot ofcriticism on social media.

Following the backlash, Neelum took to social media to defend herself andsaid that she “did this song only because this movie is a project of ISPR.”She added, “Perhaps this is the first and last item song of my life. Butyou all know that whatever I do, I own it and I do it with pride. Pakistan *keyliye meri jaan hamesha hazir hey.”*

On Wednesday, the ISPR DG also took to Twitter to defend the item song. *KaafKangana* has been made in collaboration with ISPR.

Through his private Twitter account, he said that the “item song is by anIndian girl in the movie as per her role.”