“Thank you Mr. Abdul Basit for your call and offering me a visa to visit Karachi. I appreciate it. Unfortunately, I have given away those dates now,” tweeted Anupam Kher.
Anupam Kher was one of the 18 Indians invited to attend the four-day Karachi Literature Festival. But, because of anti-Separatist and pro-Kashmiri Pandit stand, Pakistan Government has denied visa to Anupam, while granting the same to 17 others, including Salman Khurshid, Barkha Dutt and Nandita Das.
Kher was denied a Pakistani visa in May 2015 as well, when he was supposed to visit Pakistan for an event organised by an NGO.