Bollywood actor Anupam Kher has been denied visa by Pakistan.
Kher was scheduled to attend Karachi Literature Festival on February 5.
The veteran actor has said that he is very sad and
disappointed that out of 18 participants 17 were given visa and he was the only
one denied.
The actor also took to Twitter to express his disappointment.
However, the Pakistan High Commission claimed, Kher had not
even applied for the visa. He should show the acknowledgment slip if he had
applied for visa. Kher,
who has just been honoured with Padma Bhushan by the Indian government, was to
participate in at least two sessions and his name figured prominently in the
festival schedule.
Kher said the visa denial has left the festival organisers
embarrassed and they have apologised to him.
The seventh edition of Karachi Literature Festival is to be
held from February 5-7 in Beach Luxury Hotel in Karachi.
Besides Kher, Nandita Das, Salman Khurshid, Barkha Dutt among
18 Indian invitees.
The 60-year-old actor was awarded the Padma Bhushan recently.
Last weekend, Kher and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor were
involved in a war of words on Twitter over the veteran actor's comment that he
is scared to openly say he is a Hindu.
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