Nabeel Zafar apologises for stereotyping Pushtoons in ‘Bulbulay’

Bulbulay, the popular sitcom about an unconventional Pakistani family, has been criticized over stereotyping Pashtuns.

A hashtag, #BanBulbulay started trending on Twitter and people called out the show for hurting Pashtun sentiments.

Taking to Twitter, the Bulbulay main lead Nabeel shared his stance on the matter.

He wrote, "I’m here on this platform to apologise to anyone who has been hurt by anything we have said or done in Bulbulay. Our intentions are to make people happy not to discriminate or hurt anyone. We are extremely sorry."

In a two-minute video, he addressed the matter on hand and shared, "I came across some comments on Twitter today that we might have hurt the sentiments of our viewers over a stint in the show. We would never target a particular ethnicity. That was never our intention. Our targetted audience ranges from a four-year-old to an eight-year-old. We receive massive viewership from the KP region."

I’m here on this platform to apologise to any one who has been hurt by any thing we have said or done in Bulbulay!!!
our intentions are to make people happy not to discriminate or hurt any one
We are extremely sorry . pic.twitter.com/LIMe6AoZuy

— Nabeel Zafar (@nabeelzafar2008) July 23, 2020

Talking about how every character has its own arc, Nabeed added, "There are several characters on the show. We never meant to disrespect anyone. Our only intention was to make our audience happy."