Bollywood super-star Naseeruddin Shah seeks apology from Pakistani Sindhis
ISLAMABAD: Bollywood super-star Naseeruddin Shah sought an apology from Pakistani Sindhis.
“OK OK, I apologize to the entire Sindhi-speaking population of Pakistan who I seem to have deeply offended by my mistaken opinion. I admit I was ill-informed but is it necessary to crucify me for that? “Let him who is free from…” as Jesus said,” said the Indian actor.
Indian actor apologized to the “Sindhi-speaking population” in Pakistan after he felt that his remarks about the Sindhi language offended the Sindhi people in Pakistan.
Last week, Naseeruddin Shah asserted the Sindhi language is not spoken in Pakistan anymore.
When Naseeruddin Shah gave this statement, he found himself in trouble.
In a recent interview, Shah claimed, “They [Pakistan] have Balochi, they have Bari, they have Siraiki and they have Pushto. Sindhi is, of course, no longer spoken in Pakistan.”
However, his remarks about Sindhi did not sit well with Pakistanis because Sindhi is one of the widely spoken languages in Pakistan.
The Population of Sindh province is more than 55 million and millions of Sindhis speak their mother language _ Sindhi. It is believed that more or less 50 percent of people in Sindh speak their mother language. Their number could be more than 20 million, if not more.
Several social media users and influencers felt annoyed at Naseeruddin Shah for being ignorant of Sindhi including Pakistani actress Mansha Pasha.
Mansha Pasha slams Naseeruddin Shah
Mansha Pasha, a renowned Pakistani showbiz star slammed Indian superstar actor Naseeruddin Shah for his baseless assertions about Sindhi language in Pakistan.
In a recent interview, Bollywood star Naseeruddin Shah claimed that the Sindhi language was no longer spoken in Pakistan.
Shah said, “They [Pakistan] have Balochi, they have Bari, they have Siraiki and they have Pushto. Sindhi is, of course, no longer spoken in Pakistan.”
