Film director Sarmad Khoosat took to his Instagram account today to share that his name had been removed from the list of the prestigious 2023 Presidential Awards recipients. The director behind the critically acclaimed ‘Zindagi Tamasha’ was to be honoured with the award for his contributions to the field of entertainment and arts in Pakistan. Khoosat shared a screenshot of the list on his Instagram stories and wrote in the caption:
“Random fun fact/ news update: My name has vanished from the 14th August ’23 list of Presidential Awards that everyone ‘officially’ and unofficially congratulated me for. Sorry please take your Mubaraks back. I didn’t make this list up on my own. As far as I remember (from the year I got the PP) the list disclosed on the 14th August is the finalised list unless recipient refuses to accept the award.”
