[India] - Javed Akhtar in Pak: 26/11 criminals still roam free

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LAHORE: The perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai fear attacks are still wandering easily in Pakistan, so Pakistanis need to not feel upset when
India speak about the 2008 carnage, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar stated at a festival organised in memory of poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz in
Lahore
In a video that has gone viral, Akhtar is seen making these remarks in response to an audience member who told him to take with him a
message of peace and tell Indians that Pakistan is a positive, friendly and caring nation
We need to not blame each other
It will solve nothing
The atmosphere is tense, that need to be doused, the 78-year-old lyricist said.He likewise stated even though Pakistani artists have been
invited in India, Pakistan has actually never held a single program of the late Lata Mangeshkar
We hosted functions of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Mehdi Hasan
You never organised a function for Lata Mangeshkar, he stated, drawing loud cheers from the audience.