Naseeruddin Shah apologises to entire Sindhi speaking population of Pakistan 

Bollywood veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has apologised over his stance in which he said that Sindhi is no longer spoken in Pakistan which triggered many people in the country and in India as well.

The renowned star in a message on social media admitted his mistake in the statement regarding the Sindhi language. “Two completely unnecessary controversies seem to have erupted over things I’ve said recently.” He also acknowledged that he was in error there.

Naseeruddin Shah stated that his second statement was regarding the inter-relation between the Persian and Marathi languages that most of the Marathi words come from Farsi origin. He said that his statement was misconstrued and there was no intention to run down the Marathi language.

The actor went on to say, “My intention to talk of how diversity enriches all cultures.” He further extended the explanation by saying that every language inculcates or borrow words from other languages and even English has borrowed words from other European languages.

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It all started when last week when a short clip of Naseeruddin Shah’s interview went viral on social media, in which he stated that in Pakistan, languages like Balochi, Dari, are frequently spoken, while Sindhi language has become obsolete and is no longer spoken.