Pulwama terror attack: Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar cancel Kaifi Azmi’s event in Pakistan

Actress Shabana Azmi and her husband Javed Akhtar have cancelled their trip to Pakistan to protest against the recent terror attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama where over 40 soldiers were killed. The couple was invited by the Arts Council in Karachi for a programme on poet Kaifi Azmi, Shabana Azmi’s father, in Pakistan. Javed Akhtar took to social media announcing that they had decided to cancel the trip. He wrote, “Kranchi art council had invited. Shabana and me for a two day lit conference about Kaifi Azmi and his poetry. We have cancelled that . In 1965 during the indo Pak war Kaifi saheb had written a poem. “AUR PHIR KRISHAN NE ARJUN SE KAHA”. Sharing his special bond with CRPF soldier, he also wrote, “I have a special relation with CRPF. I have written Their anthem Before putting the pen to paper I met a number of CRPF officers n what ever I learned my respect admiration and love for these braves increased by many a fold Today I share the grief of the dear ones of the martyrs”.