Pakistani artistes are in a VULNERABLE position: Swara Bhaskar

After the Uri attack, outraged political leaders asked Pak actors to condemn terror sponsors at home, an impossible task. Unlike India, Pakistan is a democracy but in name, dominated by religious fanatics and an Islamist Army whose only policy is terror against India. It's one of the most unsafe countries for artistes. Thirteen musicians, singers and artistes have been slaughtered across the country since 2008, the last prominent killing being of noted qawwal singer Amjad Sabri, a favorite in both countries. The murder of Pak model Qandeel Baloch by her brother shocked the fraternity. In 2015, two entertainers"dancer Sangam Rana and actress Mussarat Shaheen"were murdered. Singer Adnan Sami, who lost both weight and his Pakistani citizenship after he moved to India and became naturalised, was trolled by enraged former countrymen for the Indian Army's surgical strikes last week.

As actor Riteish Deshmukh rightly said, artists are soft targets. The Danish cartoonist who lampooned Prophet Muhammed is still in hiding under police protection. The offices of Charlie Hebdo were attacked and the staff was massacred by Islamic fanatics. The banal truth about the human spirit, however, is that life goes on. Soon, the anger over the Uri massacre will abate. Aslam will be back to sing in India. Actors like Fawad will get signed up by producers for hefty fees. Only, at present, art is the political casualty.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/opinion/columns/ravi_shankar/Permanent-anger-temporary-casualties/2016/10/02/article3634431.ece

Originally posted by: monu_tan

Dear Swara, wish you were as diplomatic as the paki artists..

So artists can express, support, protest anything about politics but they should be supposed to be separate from politics. Logic beyond logic.

Originally posted by: MrsKhan

Thirteen musicians, singers and artistes have been slaughtered across the country since 2008, the last prominent killing being of noted qawwal singer Amjad Sabri, a favorite in both countries. The murder of Pak model Qandeel Baloch by her brother shocked the fraternity. In 2015, two entertainers"dancer Sangam Rana and actress Mussarat Shaheen"were murdered.