Supreme Court dismisses plea to ban Pakistani artists from working in India

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea to ban Pakistani artists from working in India and advised the petitioner against being narrow-minded on the issue, LiveLaw reported.

The petitioner, a film worker named Faaiz Anwar Qureshi, had appealed to the Supreme Court after the Bombay High Court dismissed his original petition last month. Qureshi had sought a ban on all Indian citizens, companies and associations from working with Pakistani artists, including actors, singers, musicians, lyricists and technicians, Live Law reported at the time.

Qureshi had asked that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, the Ministry for External Affairs and the Ministry for Home Affairs be directed to issue notifications banning the engagement of Pakistani artists in India and prohibiting travel visas for them.