Pakistani actor Ahsan Khan recently attended a literary event at the British Parliament in London, where he was seen alongside Indian writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar and legendary actress Shabana Azmi. 

 

During the event, Ahsan Khan delivered a message about peace, unity, and shared culture. In his speech, he said, “My dear friends Tariq Faizi, they always organise the best events, they gather everyone together, and this time too, I got the chance to participate here. I would like to thank everyone for being a part of this event.”

 

Speaking about the gathering, he added, “It looks so beautiful when we see people from different communities, different regions, and different countries coming together in one place and talking about love and peace. Because, as you mentioned earlier, all over the world you see that everything opposite to peace is happening, so it’s very important to talk about peace.”

 

He emphasized the importance of language in building bridges saying, “And I believe my purpose for coming here was only this, that I got the opportunity to meet such amazing people. Along with that, our language, the one I am speaking in right now, is understood everywhere, in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, UAE.”

 

Ahsan Khan also praised the blend of languages created through Indian cinema and Pakistani dramas saying, “I feel that Pakistani series and Indian cinema have created such a beautiful blend in this language, because it includes Hindi, Urdu, and our regional languages like Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, and then Bengali and many other languages all mixed together to make a kind of hybrid language.”

 

He added, “I believe this is a language we all understand and we enjoy it so much, whether it’s our TV series, cinema, poetry, music, conversations about an artist or actor, we watch it all with so much happiness.”

 

Ending his speech with a powerful note, he said, “The message should simply be, I feel, that just as everyone listens to this language and feels a sense of belonging through it, in the same way, it’s very important that we, no matter where we are representing ourselves from, we represent our countries too.”

 

“Just speak good things so that our words have an impact far and wide, and through this language, through cinema, through television, let’s always talk about peace," he added.

 

The event took place at a time when political tensions between Pakistan and India have recently made headlines, especially following Javed Akhtar’s controversial statements about Pakistan earlier this year. Despite that backdrop, the gathering sent a strong message of cultural unity.

 

Other prominent personalities from both Pakistan and India were also present, along with British Parliament members, journalists, and literature enthusiasts. Ahsan Khan and Javed Akhtar also engaged in conversations about language, literature, and the shared cultural history of the region, highlighting the power of dialogue over division.