{"id":440298,"date":"2025-05-19T13:41:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T08:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=440298"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T08:45:11","slug":"pakistani-celebrities-praise-javed-akhtar-for-wanting-to-go-to-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pakistani-celebrities-praise-javed-akhtar-for-wanting-to-go-to-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Celebrities Praise Javed Akhtar for Wanting to Go to Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran Indian lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar<\/a> has come under fire from Pakistani artists and social media users after making a controversial statement that he would prefer going to hell over visiting Pakistan.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Akhtar made the remark during a press conference in India, saying, \u201cPeople from both sides abuse me. One side calls me an infidel and warns me of hell, and the other calls me a jihadi and tells me to go to Pakistan. If I have to choose between going to hell and going to Pakistan, I would prefer to go to hell.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The statement has drawn sharp criticism in Pakistan, especially given Akhtar\u2019s previous visits to the country, where he was warmly welcomed at cultural events such as the Faiz Festival in Lahore.<\/p>\n

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Actress Mishi Khan responded on Instagram, saying, \u201cJaved Akhtar has chosen the perfect place for himself. No one in Pakistan will invite him again.\u201d Actor Imran Abbas also took to social media, remarking, \u201cWe gave him a business class welcome, though he wasn\u2019t even worthy of an economy ticket.\u201d Senior actress Hina Khawaja Bayat commented, \u201cWherever you go, you must be prepared for it, no?\u201d while actor Asim Mehmood added, \u201cMay his heartfelt wish come true soon.\u201d Former MPA Sharmila Farooqui called the remarks \u201cdeeply disrespectful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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Many on social media have shared past footage of Akhtar\u2019s visits to Pakistan, contrasting the hospitality he received with his latest comments. The backlash reflects growing frustration among Pakistanis, who now say Akhtar is no longer welcome in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Veteran Indian lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar has come under fire from Pakistani artists and social media users after making a controversial statement that he would prefer going to hell over visiting Pakistan. Akhtar made the remark during a press conference in India, saying, \u201cPeople from both sides abuse me. One side calls me an infidel and warns me of […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":402905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2506,2576,1292,2578],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-440298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-actors","8":"category-celebrity-news","9":"category-humor","10":"category-street-buzz"},"wps_subtitle":"Even India doesn't want anything to do with him.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/javed-akhtar-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/javed-akhtar-758x426.jpg",758,426,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/javed-akhtar.jpg",1000,562,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Actors","Celebrity News","Humor","Street Buzz"],"title_text":"Pakistani Celebrities Praise Javed Akhtar for Wanting to Go to Hell","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2506,2576,1292,2578&exclude=440298","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440298"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=440298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}