Sohail Ahmed is a veteran actor of Pakistan and he has worked on television, theatre and films. He is loved by millions for his longest running character Azizi in Hasb e Haal. He has been working in the industry for four decades and he has seen many ups and downs in the country as a whole. He was a guest on Irshad Bhatti’s podcast and spoke about the cultural deterioration in the country.
Sohail Ahmed said that the biggest problem that this country is facing is how we left our culture. Elections and politics are not our issue. We were a nation with a distinct culture and values. We respected the elders and our hospitality was known by everyone. Yet, we left that all behind and started getting influenced by others.
He added that people today have left their forefathers culture and they are influenced by foreigners. Today people are influenced by how a white person would randomly smile at people while we as a nation used to be far more hospitable than that. Thus we have really forgotten our own culture which is the root cause of the problems that we are facing today.
This is what he said:
