Mumbai: UK-born Adnan Sami, whose father was a Pakistani, received his Indian citizenship in 2015 and has been residing in this country since then.
After the Indian government ordered all Pakistani nationals to leave India post the Pahalgam terror attack, former Pakistan minister Fawad Chaudhry wanted to know if Sami would be leaving India.
Reacting to the former minister’s question, Sami called him out, describing him as an ‘illiterate idiot.’
When an Indian journalist took to X to write about the government’s decision on Pakistani nationals, Chaudhry wrote, “What about Adnan Sami?”
The singer responded, “Who’s going to tell this illiterate idiot!! (Laughing face emoji).”
Who’s going to tell this illiterate idiot!!😂 https://t.co/OoH4w5iPQ3
— Adnan Sami (@AdnanSamiLive) April 25, 2025
Sami, who also held British and Canadian citizenship, became a naturalised Indian in December 2015.
In an interview with Hindustan Times in 2017, Sami revealed he used to be “bullied” by Pakistani social media users over his Indian citizenship.
“I get sarcastic comments from them saying that ‘if you have become an Indian, then change your religion, and become a swami or something like that’. If we go by their logic, then all Pakistanis who live in America should become Christians. Or those who live in England should become Protestants,” the singer said.
“Who are they to tell me that I should change my religion? The biggest irony here is that there are more Muslims in India than in Pakistan. Pakistan is not the torch-bearer of Islam, and if I change my country, it doesn’t mean that I have to change my religion,” he added.
Adnan is known for hit songs such as ‘Lift Kara De’, ‘Kabhi Toh Nazar Milao’, ‘Sun Zara’ and ‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri’ and many more.
