Nida Yasir is a prominent Pakistani morning show host who has a strong Instagram following of 2.4 million. She has been hosting Good Morning Pakistan for around 18 years. Nida Yasir usually conducts discussion-based shows and often invites meme-fests due to her multiple controversial takes. Lately, she has already been facing backlash for her various controversial debates, amidst which she decided to celebrate Basant on her show.
Today, Nida Yasir did a Basant special Good Morning Pakistan show, which sparked further backlash. She invited ace Pakistani choreographer Nigah Ji along with Sadia Imam , Kiran Khan, singer Junaid and others, and they all discussed Basant festival. She also learned dance steps for the song Shakar Wandaan Reh as part of the Basant celebrations taking place in Lahore. It was a Friday morning when Nida Yasir and the fellow actors performed dances and celebrated Basant. Watch the video here:
Nida Yasir sparked major backlash over her overexcitement regarding the Basant festival, which is happening in Lahore. A fan wrote, “Nida, please at least don’t do these dances at Juma time, please.” Another wrote, “Shame on these intellectuals, how can they think that Basant is going to strengthen the economy? Such failed economists.” Another wrote, “Shame on them, I haven’t seen them speaking on Palestine.” Many condemned this, saying that Pakistan is under attack where Teera people are displaced, Balochistan is under attack, and today a bomb blast occurred in Rawalpindi. Many called out Good Morning Pakistan ladies for their celebrations, saying it’s a shameless act. A fan wrote, “Can’t she teach anything better on her show? Another wrote, “No one cares for the massive human loss in Karachi and keep on celebrating the festivals” Read comments.
