Gulzar was on one-week visit to Pakistan. He was to go to Karachi today to participate in the Karachi Literary Festival.
The 83-year-old lyricist was scheduled to attend the recording of a qawali for a Bollywood film Dedh Ishqiya.
The Indian High Commission said: “Gulzar saab's visit to Pakistan was a private one. The Indian High Commission, Islamabad was not aware of his itinerary and no one from the mission gave him any advice regarding his return to India. In fact, the Indian High Commission was even in touch with him. The news that he has been advised to return to India by the Indian High Commission, Islamabad is false and fabricated.”
The lyricist was accompanied by Dedh Ishqiya producer Vishal Bhardwaj and his wife Rekha, Pakistani film director Shahzad Rafiq and producer Ayub Khawar.
