News18 Sting: The connection between Pakistani Artists and Black Money

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In a sensational sting tape released by News 18 India, many Pakistani Artists have been stripped to their bare naked. Their hypocrisy and the fact these Pakistani artists work hand-in-glove with anti-India forces stands revealed.

The desi and Pakistani agents of Pakistani artistes like Fawad Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shafaqat Amanat Ali, Mawra Hocane and Imran Abbas Naqvi are involved in black money transactions in India even as the Government of India has launched a massive offensive against black money.

The modus operandi of all of these stars was same, demand a part of the money in cash and remaining in overseas accounts in countries like UAE and Australia.

The agents of these Pakistani artists pressed for astronomical prices for appearances in weddings and other private functions. The formal contracts however mentioned paltry sums. This certainly hints at the prospect of it being a long established process that has been going on in India for quite some time.

Fawad Khan, the heartthrob of dreamy eyed Indian lasses is just three films old in Bollywood but is quite a sensation. Not very long back, the film fraternity of India launched a campaign against the government of India when Pakistani artists were asked to leave the country in the aftermath of Uri Attacks.

The undercover team of News 18 India called up one Ms Toral Soni, Fawad’s Manager in India. Toral works with a management company based out of Mumbai. The undercover team expressed their desire of inviting Fawad for a private function in India. While Toral was apprehensive about the proposition owing to the current ban on Pakistani artists, she quickly changed gears as the News18 team quoted the price. The Undercover team quoted a fees of Rs. 50 Lacs for Fawad, 1 Crore with the crew and managing team included.

Toral suggested two payment methods. The first method required the hosts to pay 25% in black money and 75% as the documented contract amount. The second method however simply required the hosts to deposit the entire sum in Fawad’s UAE account. So technically, Fawad comes to India briefly, earns 50 Lacs in India and every single penny goes to a foreign nation.

Singers Shafqat Amanat Ali’s manager and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s agent demanded Rs 35 lakh and Rs 65 lakh respectively. While Shafaqat’s legal contract would showed a measly Rs 8 lakh, Rahat’s contract showed Rs 23 lakh. And these figures include tax as well.

Similarly the agents and managers of other Pakistani artists had similar black money payment facilities readily available for the organizers.

Here’s the full video of the Sting Operation:

 Now this sting operation raises some very uncomfortable questions:

  1. Has this been an on-going process, if yes, is the Government willing to do a deep and wide scan of these celebrities?
  2. Why are some Indians (the agents) willing to compromise with their nation’s security and well being for the sake a stack of currency notes?
  3. Will Bollywood’s liberal cabal say sorry to the nation for misreading these vermin who were puncturing holes in the body of the very nation which provided them with food, shelter, fan following and respect?
  4. Will the mindless fans wake up to the harsh realities about these two-faced Pakistani artists?

Tough questions that sadly won’t have any answers. Not for now, at least. Thankfully we now have a government that acts. The only silver lining in a very dark cloud.

Further Reading:

http://hindi.news18.com/news/desh/operation-namakharam-on-fawaad-khan-bring-blackk-money-to-pakistan-527706.html

http://zeenews.india.com/news/asia/agents-of-pak-artistes-fawaad-khan-rahat-fateh-ali-demand-payment-in-black-in-india-report_1950063.html

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