India is my home and I love it, tweets Adnan Sami

Mumbai: Pakistan which so far seemed gung-ho about Adnan Sami’s proposed Indian citizenship has sudden woken up to losing a precious artiste. 

Earlier this month, Pakistani authorities refused to issue the "renunciation of citizenship certificate" to Sami. Pakistani officials dealing with his renunciation process were quoted saying that the refusal came after the singer "threw away his nationality documents". They were upset because of his alleged disrespectful behaviour towards his national identity.

"I don't need the green passport anymore. I have found my home in India," the official quoted a line from a letter, said to have been written by Sami, attached with his Pakistani passport posted to Pakistan's High Commission in New Delhi.

Apparently the Pakistan government now refuses to issue an NOC (no objection certificate) to Adnan’s Indian citizenship. This belated Pakistani protest to a non-diplomatic move that cannot be controlled by the Pakistani government has apparently annoyed and incensed sections of the Indian government.

A source close to Adnan said, “Pakistan had no interest in Adnan’s citizenship until the Pakistani intelligentsia woke up to the fact that the country was about to lose a talented musician and that doesn’t look good in diplomatic circles. But Adnan is determined to stay only in India as for him India is home and no amount of cajoling and persuasion from across the border will help him change his mind.”