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Propaganda website Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair also raised this point, sharing a video of Arshad Sami Khan talking about how they had shot down Indian airplanes.
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In fact several social media users attacked the Modi government for awarding Padma Shri to Adnan Sami as his father was a Pakstani Air Force pilot who had fought against India in Indo-Pak wars. Invoking Sami’s father’s association with Pakistani military, the Congress worker even went on to shamelessly target BJP government for conferring Sami with the award. One Syed Kamran Hussain, a Youth Congress worker took to the microblogging site to invoke Sami’s Pakistani lineage. Both the Modi government and the singer became a target of many on social media. While many of his fans took to Twitter to congratulate the talented musician, the usual set of the so-called ‘liberals’ descended upon his timeline to attack him for being conferred with the honour. Previous recipients of this award include Lata Mangeshkar and Music Maestro Khayam. The singer is also the youngest recipient of the Naushad Music Award for Excellence in Music. Prior to this, Singer Adnan Sami has been bestowed with many honours, including Nigar Award, Bolan Academy Award and Graduate Award. I am overwhelmed with infinite gratitude for being honoured with the ‘Padma Shri’ by the Government of India. The greatest moment for any Artiste is to be appreciated & recognised by his/her government. I am overwhelmed with infinite gratitude for being honoured with the ‘Padma Shri’ by the Government of India. It has been a 34 years musical journey.
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He wrote: “The greatest moment for any Artiste is to be appreciated & recognised by his/her government. Taking to the microblogging site Twitter, Sami called it the greatest moment in his 34 years of the musical journey. The award will be conferred by the President of India in a ceremonial function in March or April this year.Īdnan Sami on Saturday expressed his gratitude towards the government for recognising him. Singer Adnan Sami, who had embraced Indian citizenship a few years ago, has been conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award for his services in the field of Art.