The 2018 Hum Awards are scheduled to take place this Saturday in Toronto, Canada but sadly, a lot of the film fraternity’s big names were not here to vote which created an uproar among their fans and even fellow fraternity members, such as Farhan Saeed and Imran Abbas.
Yasir Hussain took to social media to defend why many celebrities chose to skip election day, and soon after his post; Ahmad Ali Butt came forward and shared his two cents on the matter.
He wrote: “App sab logon ke galeyon ka shukreya. Mujhay nahi maloom thaa keh vote na daynay say ap sab Maa bahen per utter ayin gay. Ab mayre bari…
1. Vote is your civic duty, so is obeying the law and paying your taxes (which im sure all of you do) But it’s not what makes you a pakistani.
2. If a vote is the only thing that makes you a pakistani then all the overseas pakistani are not your countrymen?
3. Trust me no one wants to make a 19 hour flight to Canada to party, we all work very hard to be where we want to be and Allah ka shuker hay have seen more places than you so “itnay maar nahi rahay hum log bahir janay kay leya”
Now what makes me a pakistan and a proud one?
Being born in pakistan and proudly representing my country all over the globe. Paying my taxes on time and be a law abiding citizen. To respect my army and institutions and my government and to stand against wrong doing.
And my nationality is not defined by a single vote.. it’s defined by my life. Aur agar Maa bahen ke galeyan dayne hay tu un ko do jo tumhara vote ek beryani ke plate pay khareedtay hay. Jo boltay hain “i don’t want to vote because it dosnt matter” And people Wo sell theirs votes for money.
So thank you all who went and voted today. And to all the haters on there…
Jazak Allah.
#pakistan #elections2018 #pakistanzindabad”
He also said that while voting is your duty, it’s not the only thing that makes you a Pakistani; according to him, what makes him a proud citizen of the country is “proudly representing my country all over the globe, paying my taxes on time and being a law-abiding citizen. To respect my army and institutions and my government and to stand against wrong doing.”
