Pakistani sports anchor Zainab Abbas, who has been exiled from india for tweeting anti-India and anti-Hindu, has apologized to indians for her old tweets. Pakistan's sports anchor Zainab Abbas, who had come to india to work for a tv channel during the One Day world cup tournament hosted by india, was rescued by India. lawyer Vineet Jindal filed a cybercrime complaint against him for his anti-India and anti-Hindu religion tweets on a social media post 10 years ago. Pakistan's Tama tv itself posted on its twitter that he had arrived in india and was exiled for his work. Later, this tweet was deleted, saying that Zainab had left india for personal reasons and was currently in Dubai. Meanwhile, Zainab abbas shared a post on social media on thursday and apologized to india for her tweet 10 years ago. He deeply regrets the pain caused by his post. He said that the anti-Hindu and anti-India tweets made many years ago do not represent his values today.
I want to make it clear that the tweet I made then does not represent my values or who I am as a person today. I want to make it clear that the language I wrote and such ideas have no place today. I sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by my tweet then,' he wrote. Earlier, it was said that Zainab abbas was exiled from india due to her controversial tweets. There were some demands to take action against them coming to India. A lawyer had also filed a complaint in the police station seeking her arrest. However, Zainab, who tweeted on thursday, denied the news that she has been exiled from India. However, he said that he left india due to security reasons. 'I was not told to leave india nor was I exiled. But, I was scared by the reactions that were coming about me online', he wrote.
"Although there is no immediate threat to safety, my family and friends on both sides of the border are concerned," abbas said. "I needed some space and time to reflect on what had happened," he wrote. During his short stay in india, daily communication with everyone went smoothly. As I expected, no problems had arisen. Reports emerged on monday that abbas had left india but there was no official word on the reason behind the move. Zainab was exiled from india after an uproar over her old tweets against india and Hindus. Days before her deportation, a lawyer filed an official complaint against abbas and urged authorities to arrest him for his anti-India and anti-Hindu comments. In his complaint, lawyer Vineet Jindal had requested the delhi Police to file an FIR under Sections 153A, 295, 506, 121 IPC and Section 67 of the IT Act for "making derogatory statements against Hindu faith and beliefs and making anti-India statements". Meanwhile, Pakistani journalists are still awaiting visas to travel to india to cover the India-Pakistan match on saturday (October 14).
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