‘Dhuwan’ Star Ashir Azeem Sparks Public Outrage for Wanting Military Crackdown Against Imran Khan

The Canada-based actor wants the Pakistan Army to kill PTI supporters, if need be.

Former Pakistani actor and director, Ashir Azeem, is under fire for requesting the Pakistan Army and General Qamar Javed Bajwa to launch a crackdown against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party and its leader, Imran Khan, on Sunday.

His remarks in his recent YouTube video elicited a strong reaction from PTI supporters.

Ashir Azeem

The Canada-based Pakistani made a very controversial YouTube video recently, in which he stated that the army cannot afford to lose control of the country to Imran Khan’s nationwide movement. He believes the consequences could lead to mass killings.

While Ashir Azeem opposed the notion of military interference in politics, he went on to say that General Bajwa should order the Pakistan Army to go hard on PTI, even if it meant killing thousands of party supporters.

Twitterati strongly opposed Ashir Azeem’s views.

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People started requesting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Canadian government to take action against Ashir Azeem.

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Ashir Azeem tried to clear the air in his follow-up tweet that he only wants order and normalcy restored, and that his video “is not incitement to violence but a call to armed forces to end the continuing incitement and call to violence by PTI through fake propaganda”.

About Ashir Azeem

A once-popular Pakistani film and TV director, actor, and writer, Ashir Azeem rose to fame with the hit TV series Dhuwan in 1994. His last project in Pakistan was the film Maalik in 2016, which was banned from being screened. After a lengthy legal battle, the film was finally given the go-ahead but Ashir Azeem suffered immense financial losses because of the setback.

The actor later left Pakistan for Canada, expressing his disappointment with the country’s government and its people.

He currently resides in Canada where he revealed he works as a truck driver and hosts his YouTube channel on which he discusses political reforms.

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