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Drama channels such as Hum TV and ARY Digital have also been removed, including from Indian YouTube. Actor Fawad Khan and singer Atif Aslam’s Instagram accounts appear to be safe for now.
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Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
Hum caste sy bahir taluqat nhi rakhty ❌
Hum sarhad par taluqat nhi rakhty ✅
On a more serious note… Something we should be thinking about- looking at the comments here, each of us understands the threat posed by our neighbours, even the most innocent and harmless looking of them.
Where does this realisation vanish most of the time?
I hope op sindoor and the events around it that we’ve all lived through as a nation awaken us permanently to the fact that the only solution to Pakistan is to completely update the corrupted software.
As long as the “new Madinah” exists, the “Makkah” ruled by mushrikeen will never be safe. (Those who don’t know: study your Islamic history)
I’ll tell you a true story (names redacted, places changed).
Amar from Delhi had two friends – Sukhi from Lahore and Hira from AJK.
Over 5-10 years, Sukhi and Hira had grown close to the point that Amar was effectively mentally a Delhi-based Pakistani.
Then, the war broke out.
During the chaos, Amar’s heart went out to all the “civilians martyred” in Op Sindoor.
At the same time, Amar was deeply concerned for Sukhi and Hira, both too close to the conflict.
Neither wrote back.
Sukhi was too busy celebrating pookie days in Lahore like nothing’s happening.
Amar separately saw Hira celebrating Pak’s missile attacks online, including one on Delhi. He asked: “But hey, like I’m in Delhi too.” Hira could never understand the sentiment.
But the job was done. Sukhi, from a prominent army family, and Hira, married into an air force family, had a loyal asset across the border. A sleeper cell who would do their bidding in the name of loyalty to/care for friends like family.
And the “asset,” the whole time, thought he was just being human and rising above borders.
Lesson learnt? Humanity is beyond the ken of Pakistanis.
High time Bharata did a complete boycott of all things Pakistani.
Politicians and army? (Do I need to say anything?)
Art and music? Lowkey proselytisation.
Flims and TV? Anti-Bharata narratives, Hinduphobic undertones.
Artists? Closeted and sometimes not-so-closeted jihadist sympathisers.
Academia and media? Anti-Bharata propagandists.
Preachers? Proselytisers and proponents of jihad, call for unity of ummah across national borders.
Your average Tahir, Duha, and Hamza: Footsoldiers of jihad, Ghazwa’e Hind.
You might accuse me of generalising but then so do we say out of sheer ignorance that ‘all religions are the same’ – no they’re not, not on an intellectual, philosophical, or spiritual level, and definitely not on a sociopolitical level.
I’ve known enough Pakistanis both here in the UK and in their own country to say that everything else is a poor façade.
You can enjoy Bolly/Lollywood (hardly different) or shairo shairi or Urdu literature together but I dare you, the moment you talk about Islam, Pak/India, or jihad (e.g. Palestine, Kashmir, anywhere else), you will see the true faces of all of your dearest ‘friends across the border’.
Another comment makes a good call on banning the social media.
I know someone back in India (I’m from the diaspora) who was brainwashed into literal treason and extremism by a ‘friend’ from across the border.
All Pakistani artists must be banned in India. Any Indian citizen or company employing or collaborating with any Pakistani citizen must be fined and prosecuted. Also, any Indian citizen getting married to a Pakistani must relinquish his/her Indian citizenship immediately. Failure to do so should result in prosecution by the state.
India must stop issuing visas to Pakistani citizens once and for all. The only exception being diplomatic visas.
Also, all Youtube and Instagram channels registered in Pakistan must be banned in India. A blanket ban on Pakistani content – both social media and otherwise – in India is the need of the hour.
Who wants these terror sympathisers and pleasant faces hiding the vilest jihadism in our country?
Good riddance – let’s stop funding them completely, whether through work in B’wood or following their ‘art’ (much of it Hinduphobic/Indophobic anyway) on platforms online.
Pakistani actors must be boycotted permanently. Any Indian production house working with Pakistani artists must be fined and banned by the government.
Also, Pakistanis must not be given visas, whatever might be the situation.
All I’ll say: if you see a snake and a paki … (You can complete the rest)
Hum caste sy bahir taluqat nhi rakhty ❌
Hum sarhad par taluqat nhi rakhty ✅
On a more serious note… Something we should be thinking about- looking at the comments here, each of us understands the threat posed by our neighbours, even the most innocent and harmless looking of them.
Where does this realisation vanish most of the time?
I hope op sindoor and the events around it that we’ve all lived through as a nation awaken us permanently to the fact that the only solution to Pakistan is to completely update the corrupted software.
As long as the “new Madinah” exists, the “Makkah” ruled by mushrikeen will never be safe. (Those who don’t know: study your Islamic history)
I’ll tell you a true story (names redacted, places changed).
Amar from Delhi had two friends – Sukhi from Lahore and Hira from AJK.
Over 5-10 years, Sukhi and Hira had grown close to the point that Amar was effectively mentally a Delhi-based Pakistani.
Then, the war broke out.
During the chaos, Amar’s heart went out to all the “civilians martyred” in Op Sindoor.
At the same time, Amar was deeply concerned for Sukhi and Hira, both too close to the conflict.
Neither wrote back.
Sukhi was too busy celebrating pookie days in Lahore like nothing’s happening.
Amar separately saw Hira celebrating Pak’s missile attacks online, including one on Delhi. He asked: “But hey, like I’m in Delhi too.” Hira could never understand the sentiment.
But the job was done. Sukhi, from a prominent army family, and Hira, married into an air force family, had a loyal asset across the border. A sleeper cell who would do their bidding in the name of loyalty to/care for friends like family.
And the “asset,” the whole time, thought he was just being human and rising above borders.
Lesson learnt? Humanity is beyond the ken of Pakistanis.
High time Bharata did a complete boycott of all things Pakistani.
Politicians and army? (Do I need to say anything?)
Art and music? Lowkey proselytisation.
Flims and TV? Anti-Bharata narratives, Hinduphobic undertones.
Artists? Closeted and sometimes not-so-closeted jihadist sympathisers.
Academia and media? Anti-Bharata propagandists.
Preachers? Proselytisers and proponents of jihad, call for unity of ummah across national borders.
Your average Tahir, Duha, and Hamza: Footsoldiers of jihad, Ghazwa’e Hind.
You might accuse me of generalising but then so do we say out of sheer ignorance that ‘all religions are the same’ – no they’re not, not on an intellectual, philosophical, or spiritual level, and definitely not on a sociopolitical level.
I’ve known enough Pakistanis both here in the UK and in their own country to say that everything else is a poor façade.
You can enjoy Bolly/Lollywood (hardly different) or shairo shairi or Urdu literature together but I dare you, the moment you talk about Islam, Pak/India, or jihad (e.g. Palestine, Kashmir, anywhere else), you will see the true faces of all of your dearest ‘friends across the border’.
Another comment makes a good call on banning the social media.
I know someone back in India (I’m from the diaspora) who was brainwashed into literal treason and extremism by a ‘friend’ from across the border.
All Pakistani artists must be banned in India. Any Indian citizen or company employing or collaborating with any Pakistani citizen must be fined and prosecuted. Also, any Indian citizen getting married to a Pakistani must relinquish his/her Indian citizenship immediately. Failure to do so should result in prosecution by the state.
India must stop issuing visas to Pakistani citizens once and for all. The only exception being diplomatic visas.
Also, all Youtube and Instagram channels registered in Pakistan must be banned in India. A blanket ban on Pakistani content – both social media and otherwise – in India is the need of the hour.
Who wants these terror sympathisers and pleasant faces hiding the vilest jihadism in our country?
Good riddance – let’s stop funding them completely, whether through work in B’wood or following their ‘art’ (much of it Hinduphobic/Indophobic anyway) on platforms online.
Pakistani actors must be boycotted permanently. Any Indian production house working with Pakistani artists must be fined and banned by the government.
Also, Pakistanis must not be given visas, whatever might be the situation.