'No Pakistani actor is member': CINTAA on Pak artists being granted work permit

The Cine and TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA) on Wednesday released an official statement clarifying that no Pakistani actor is a member of the association and that if they have applied for work permit, it won't get renewed. 

The statement was issued by Amit Behl, Senior Joint Secretary & Chairperson - Outreach Committee, CINTAA. 

Read it here. 

CINTAA is the oldest and the largest union of performing artistes in the country. All our actors are law-abiding citizens. We are very nationalistic and very, very pro Indian. No Pakistani actor is a CINTAA member and the Pakistani actors who had applied for the renewal of their work permits, their permits have not been renewed. We have a very strong scrutiny committee and we are very clear that we do not give membership to anyone who has anti-nationalistic feelings or any criminal records whatsoever. Whatever has happened right now, I am sure the Government, the CBI, and the other investigating agencies will do the needful about it. The only thing is that in case any of our actors, technicians, or anyone from the media and entertainment industry realize that they are in touch with anyone who has anti-nationalistic feelings, they should dissociate themselves. CINTAA strongly supports any directive from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Government, we are with them. We as a union cannot comment on the authenticity of the photographs, but we are very confident that all our members, if inadvertently, have at all been photographed with such individuals, during their visits abroad, will distance themselves from any anti-national elements or those with deep state leanings, favouring a nation that has not respected India’s courtesy and respectful overtures... Our members, from the inception of CINTAA, have been at the forefront of every call of the nation and we will continue to do so.