Lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar took to Twitter to hit back at former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi for his remarks over the Kashmir violence.
“Dear Mr Afridi , since you want to see a peaceful JK sans any human rights violations could you please see to it that pak terrorists stop infiltrations n pak army stops supporting the separatists by closing down the training camps. It will greatly help in solving the problem,” Akhtar said in his tweet.
Dear Mr Afridi , since you want to see a peaceful JK sans any human rights violations could you please see to it that pak terrorists stop infiltrations n pak army stops supporting the separatists by closing down the training camps . It will greatly help in solving the problem
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) April 3, 2018
This came in response to Shahid Afridi’s tweet where he had asked UN and other international bodies why they aren’t making efforts to stop the violence in Kashmir. “Appalling and worrisome situation ongoing in the Indian Occupied Kashmir.Innocents being shot down by oppressive regime to clamp voice of self determination & independence. Wonder where is the @UN & other int bodies & why aren’t they making efforts to stop this bloodshed?” Afridi had said in his tweet.
This led to a massive backlash from Twitterati who asked Afridi why he is silent about Balochistan.
Appalling and worrisome situation ongoing in the Indian Occupied Kashmir.Innocents being shot down by oppressive regime to clamp voice of self determination & independence. Wonder where is the @UN & other int bodies & why aren’t they making efforts to stop this bloodshed?
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) April 3, 2018
Following the neutralisation of 13 terrorists by Indian security forces in three encounters in the Valley, the Pakistani government had issued a number of statements attempting to portray the terrorists as ‘innocent’.