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Home / News / Entertainment News / Anupam Kher claims Pakistan denied him visa
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Anupam Kher claims Pakistan denied him visa

Anupam Kher claims Pakistan denied him visa
Written by Vaneet Randhawa
Feb 03, 2016, 11:38 am 3 min read
Anupam Kher claims Pakistan denied him visa
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Actor Anupam Kher has alleged that the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has denied a visa to him to attend Karachi Literature Festival. The Karachi Literature Festival is scheduled to be held on 5 February. Kher claimed that the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs had red flagged his name to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.

2 Feb 2016
Anupam Kher claims Pakistan denied him visa

Actor Anupam Kher has alleged that the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has denied a visa to him to attend Karachi Literature Festival. The Karachi Literature Festival is scheduled to be held on 5 February. Kher claimed that the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs had red flagged his name to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.

2 Feb 2016
Denied visa because I'm a Kashmiri Pandit: Kher

Anupam Kher said that 18 people had applied for the visa and only his visa had been rejected. He said he was "sad and disappointed" and further blamed the Pakistani authorities for treating him unjustly. He claimed that "my visa been denied because I speak about India's rich tradition of tolerance or I am a Kashmiri Pandit who may expose the Pakistan terror nexus?"

2 Feb 2016
Kher says 'no reciprocity' from Pakistan's side

Anupam Kher, who was lately honoured with Padma Bhushan was scheduled to participate in "at least two sessions and his name figured prominently in the festival schedule" in Pakistan. He said that the visa issue had left the Pakistani organisers shame-faced and they had offered apologies. He also said that Pakistani artists were welcomed in India but "there is no reciprocity".​

Past debates
Kher mired in other debates

On 31 January 2016, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and Kher had locked horns on Twitter for Kher's comment that he was scared to "openly say he is a Hindu". Tharoor said he was a 'Sangh' Hindu while Kher called him 'Congi Chamcha'. Kher was also ridiculed when people posted his 2010 comments called Padma Awards as 'inauthentic' and then receiving it himself this year.

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Kader Khan asks what Kher did to deserve Padma-Bhushan

Veteran actor Kader Khan had hit out asking "What has he done except singing praises for (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi" to get the Padma Bhushan award.

2 Feb 2016
Pakistani authorities say Kher didn't apply

While veteran actor Anupam Kher blamed the Pakistani foreign minister for denying him visa to visit Pakistan, the Pakistani officials claimed that the actor had not even applied for a visa. They said that he had not submitted any visa application. Pakistan High Commission spokesperson Manzoor Ali Memon asked the media to "check from him if he has any receipt" for visa application.

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