Pakistan, Feb. 18 -- Speaking of Bollywood veteran Shabana Azmi and her lyricist-writer husband Javed Akhtar's move of cancelling their visit to Karachi after the Pulwama attack, Karachi Arts Council President Ahmed Shah said that he regretted the couple's decision.

Shah made this statement during a press conference. He also condemned Akhtar, adding that the way he attacked Pakistan and "crossed the line" did not seem appropriate for a literary person. Shah said that Kaifi Azmi being among the top poets of the subcontinent, we were compiling his poetry as we were endeavouring to conserve the cultural heritage of the sub-continent.

He said he was really disappointed by the last sentence of Shabana's tweet, which said, "We shall have to c...