Islamabad
Hadiqa Kiani’s collaboration with Turkish artist, Ali Tolga centered on Kashmiri martyrs has been removed from YouTube, the singer has confirmed on her Instagram.
On the occasion of Kashmir Martyrs’ Day on July 13, Hadiqa Kiani released a song along with Turkish artist Ali Tolga Demertas and Torgi Evren paying tributes to the martyrs of Kashmir.
Hadiqa uploaded the news on her Instagram stories, alluding to a something deeper than some technical issues. “Our tribute to Kashmir was removed from YouTube a few hours ago. There seems to be a systematic silencing taking place but we will not be silenced because our message is of love and peace,” she wrote.
She then added that the international civil society, The Kashmir Civitas is actively working to re-upload the video,” and that she will share updates with her fans as soon as she gets any. So far, no further update has been made yet.
The song, titled Diami Bahar, translates into Eternal Spring and is primarily sung in Turkish with bits in Urdu. Hadiqa is heard singing in Turkish during the first half of the song and then later on adopts Urdu.—KMS
