A debate sparked in the showbiz industry when Turkish series Ertugrul was aired on PTV. Many actors came forward and shared their stance on airing foreign content on the local channel.

However, Actor Shaan Shahid also revealed that he has indeed watched the Turkish drama and quite liked it.

The actor clarified that he doesn’t have any issues with the Turkish series. Shaan said he just finished watching it and the series is a classic masterpiece to watch.

https://twitter.com/mshaanshahid/status/1272183341597499392

Taking to Twitter, he wrote: “My tweet was against the state channel for not producing any content in the past 25 years and taking billions from us, but never against the play.”

He further adds, “But In this past few weeks I learned about all of us after what I saw on social media, we all tested positive for hatred. We are ready to hate each other for no reason...We are filled with rage, and in that rage, we construct a different meaning. A meaning that gives us a right to exercise our rage on the other...a justification to ones justified hatred. And that is truly sad as it defies all the teachings of faith and humanity. The unity that we need to build our own narrative with is nowhere.”

He ended saying: “Any private channel can play foreign content as they have in the past and I never opposed it as it is privately owned. But a state channel has more responsibilities towards its people to promote Pakistani ideology, heroes and productions. The state channels have a role to play.”