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Published 04 Jul, 2016 05:03am

It is a wake up call: Adnan Sami on Amjad Sabri killing

WEB DESK: Singer Adnan Sami says musicians irrespective of their religion, spread peace. And if they are being silenced by violence, it’s time to wake up to the “dilapidated state of affairs”.

Sami lent voice to “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” song “Bhar do jholi” — a rendition of the famous qawwali of late Ghulam Farid Sabri, whose son Amjad Sabri was recently shot dead by unidentified assailants in Karachi, Pakistan.

Asked to comment on the incident, Sami said: “It’s a very tragic thing. Musicians, irrespective of the place they belong to, are messengers of peace. When you start to silence messengers of peace, then I think you need to wake up and smell the coffee because it’s staring you in the face.”

“It’s a dilapidated state of affairs,” added the “Kabhi toh nazar milao” hitmaker, who is of Pakistani descent.

With inputs from The Indian Express

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