Federation of Western Cine Employees(FWICE) in a letter to Minister of External Affairs (MEA), Subhramanyam Jaishankar, asked for cancelling actor and singer Diljit Dosanjh's visa. Diljit Dosanjh accepted an invitation of a Pakistani national, Mr Rehan Siddiqi to perform in United States of America on 21^st September 2019. This acceptance le to FWICE writing a letter to MEA to cancel visa of  Punjabi actor and singer. Re full letter by FWICE below –

List of artists banned or warned by FWICE

1. Mika Singh 

Punjabi hit machine of Bollywood, Mika Singh recently faced a ban from FWICE. Mika was banned by Federation of Cine Employees due to his choice of performing at a wedding in Karachi. This ban by FWICE led m to issue a warning to all artists who plan to work with Mika. Following controversy, Mika issued an apology, and a meeting was also held with FWICE body for furr discussion. As of w,  ban on Mika has been lifted.  General Secretary of FWICE, Ashok Dubey h me a statement to a media portal, in which he spoke about ban. He said, ‘If we impose a ban, it means all our technicians -- including actors, directors and even spot boys -- will t work with Mika.'

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2. Salman Khan 

statement me by General Secretary of FWICE, Ashok Dubey, stated that anybody who works with Mika during ban would also face certain consequences. Salman’s name was mentioned in statement due to some sources claiming that Mika and Salman were set to perform toger in Houston leg of Salman’s show in US. show was titled ‘Close and Personal with Salman’ which was set to take place on 28^th August.  American and Indian manment teams for show clarified that re was  interaction planned between two. statement me by General Secretary indicated that it was a warning for Salman Khan regarding any plan to work with singer.

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3. Alok Nath 

Actor Alok Nath also faced a ban from FWICE after t cooperating with ICC (Internal Complaints Committee) regarding rape accusation against him. In a statement by President of IFTDA, Ashok Pandit spoke about issue. He said ‘Alok Nath was summoned thrice by ICC (Internal Complaints Committee), but he didn’t turn up for any of meetings. Since he blatantly refused to co-operate with IFTDA’s mandate of providing a secure workplace for women, we reached out to FWICE for a six-month ban which was approved by m.'

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4. Ban on all Pakistani artists 

One of deliest terrorist attacks ever faced by India was killing of 44 CRPF jawans in Pulwama. r against this attack was expressed everywhere. condemnation of this attack even le to Bollywood banning all Pakistani artists from working in Indian film and television industry reafter. Film associations like Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE), Indian Film and Television Directors’ Association (IFTDA), All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA) and several ors, supported cause of banning Pakistani artists. outr on social media happened due to response or statement me by Pakistani artists, who at that point of time were eir working in India or profiting from ir previous work. This list includes Khoobsurat debutant Faw Khan, singers Atif Aslam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Raees actress Mahira Khan and singer-actor Ali Zafar.

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