All India Cine Workers Association writes to PM Modi, demands complete shutdown on Visa to Pakistani actors

On Tuesday morning,India woke up to the news of India striking three major Jaish camps in Pakistan.  Indian Air Force decimated terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed's bases along the LoC of the Indian-Pakistan border.

This attack came two weeks after the horrifying Pulwama terror attack. During that time, The All Indian Cine Workers Association  wrote a letter to the Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, asking for Pakistani artistes to be deported and their visas cancelled.

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After India struck Pakistan on Tuesday, AICWA has now written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in regards to a complete shut down on issuing any Visa to Pakistani actors and the entire fraternity.

The Association wrote, "We have to ensure that Government of India takes concrete actions and ensure that strict restrictions are imposed on such terrorist funding nations like Pakistan, the entire nation of 1.3 billion is with you in fighting with this terror sponsor perpetrators of Pakistan. Entire film fraternity is proud of Indian Air Force, Government of India for displaying such a courageous and responsible retaliation in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and we hope that Government of India continues to do so."

The letter concluded by saying: "We hope that you will soon order the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to regulate this request made by 1.3 billion people of India. Nation first is New India."

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Choudhary Fawad Hussain, in a statement said, “Cinema Exhibitors Association has boycotted Indian content, no Indian movie will be released in Pakistan. Also, have instructed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to act against Made-in-India advertisements.”

Less than two weeks after the Pulwama terror attack, in which 40 CRPF jawans lost their lives, the Indian armed forces took their revenge as they bombed three hubs of the terror outfit in Pakistan early in the morning on Tuesday.

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The Indian forces conducted this operation using the Mirage 2000 jets. A dozen fighter jets used laser-guided bombs to attack the three hubs of JeM - Balakot, Chakhoti, Muzaffarabad. Sources have said that 245 terrorists were neutralized from this operation

(With Inputs from ANI)