Pakistani celebrities came to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s support to second his stance on the Pulwama attack.
While Indian celebs were all into the “divide and hate” narrative, Pakistani celebs sent out consolation messages and condemned the attack.
It’s been a few days since the Pulwama attack but Prime Minister Imran Khan was busy running a country. So Imran Khan responded to Indian threats in an official address after seeing a foreign guest off.
The PM made it clear that while Pakistan has a desire for peace, in case of an attack, Pakistan ‘will not just think about retaliation but will retaliate’. And that too as a last resort, unlike the Indian response.
Statement of Prime Minister Imran Khan regarding #Pulwama incident. (Part-1)@ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/4juoZ9sU8v
— Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) February 19, 2019
Pakistani citizens were all praise for the Prime Minister’s stance on the matter. Pakistani celebrities too were all praise for the PM’s statesmanship.
Dear prime minister yeh hota hay qaum day Khitab… proud moment🇵🇰🙏🏼❤️ pic.twitter.com/7vyJa6ayYk
— Shaan Shahid (@mshaanshahid) February 19, 2019
Listen #india https://t.co/jg1q5WahFq my captain strikes again
— Faysal Quraishi (@faysalquraishi) February 19, 2019
PM offers new solutions to old problems in an extremely intelligent & effective speech.
Thank you #PMIKTheStatesman 🇵🇰❤️
Always praying for dialogue & peace & more love in this region of this beautiful world! InshAllah ✨✨ @ImranKhanPTI— MAWRA HUSSAIN (@MawraHocane) February 19, 2019
Former cricket captain Shahid Afridi liked that Imran Khan’s response to Indian threats ‘was absolutely crystal clear‘.
Absolutely crystal&Clear🇵🇰 https://t.co/AUc79pHvfO
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) February 19, 2019
Some celebs called on Indians to be rational about this whole ordeal.
Listen with an open heart and mind devoid of ego, bias or hatred. If can’t, listen again after a few days in a moment of peace.#love #peace # #humanity #togetherness above all. PM Imran Khan Address To The Nation | Pulwama Attack | 19 Feb 2019 – YouTube https://t.co/wSXu5mNeeM
— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) February 19, 2019
#PMIKTheStatesman I really hope the Indian masses can listen to PM Imran Khan's words & realise what kind of nonsense thr media is feeding them on orders from thr Govt.
— Hamza Ali Abbasi (@iamhamzaabbasi) February 19, 2019
Armeena Khan Schools BBC
BBC even got schooled by Armeena Khan for their ‘war journalism’ rather than a peace and conflict management approach.
The actress pointed out that while a BBC headline read ‘Pakistan has warned India against attack’ ,the PM’s speech was about peace and invited India for a dialogue. That’s quite a far stretch isn’t it?
https://twitter.com/ArmeenaRK/status/1097798786812911616
Some celebs’ confidence in Imran Khan’s conflict resolution though was the highlight of the day.
— Faysal Quraishi (@faysalquraishi) February 19, 2019
It seems Indian superstars can learn a lot from the measured and restrained tone of Pakistani Celebrities, who are making their point in a cool manner, and that too without calling for war (take notes Kangana).
