Government has no plans to revoke visa of Pakistani artistes

NEW DELHI: Government has no plans to revoke the visa granted to Pakistani artistes working in Bollywood notwithstanding the current tensions with that country.

"There is no proposal to revoke the visa granted to Pakistani artistes working in India," a senior Home Ministry official said.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena recently had asked Pakistani artistes like Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan to leave India immediately, failing which the shooting of their movies will be stalled.

Bilateral relations between India and Pakistan have deteriorated following the September 18 terror attacks in Uri in which 19 soldiers were killed.

Indian Army also carried out surgical strikes on terror launch pads in PoK on the intervening night of September 27 and 28.