ISLAMABAD -UNS: The American Embassy in Pakistan on Thursday has refused to grant an American visa to prominent Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan due to non-payment of millions of dollars in Taxes in the United States. Come to perform in Houston in the fall Sessions and the organizers had already sold hundreds of tickets for the show featuring Rahat Fateh Ali, “APNA” the American Pakistan Doctors Association and the promoters of Pakistani and Indian shows in the US, revealed to reliable sources.
Prominent singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, whose international manager Salman Ahmed was deported from Dallas Texas Airport last year, has also been denied a visa saying that he is responsible for millions of dollars in income from shows in the United States for the past several years.The tax is due and despite repeated reminders Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has failed to pay taxes, Rahat Fateh Ali, who avoids paying taxes even in Pakistan and the Pakistani tax department has seized his bank account several times.
Responsible sources claim that Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has a fall session of APNA. For November 16 to 19, 2023, promoter Rehan Siddiqui claimed the the artistes, including Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, had their visas, based on which APNA Houston had sold about five hundred tickets to the general community in advance for the show on November 18, which APNA members objected.
Few years ago, the Pakistani tax department charged Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with a few lakhs after seeing his apparent income statements. A tax was imposed, but Rahat Ali Khan refused to pay that tax.Even when he refused, the tax department seized his bank account and found out that there are only twenty one thousand rupees in this account. On the other hand, sources responsible for film promoters in America claim that all Indian actors and singers get 100% of the income from their shows. But not only the immediate tax is paid here, but the entire amount of income goes to India send to their accounts, while more than a dozen Pakistani actors and singers have not only been deported for not paying taxes and human trafficking in America, but have also lost the facility of getting a visa again, including Attaullah Khan Isa Khilavi. Eminent people like Khilavi and Abrarul Haq are also included.He was caught and deported from New York 15 or 16 years ago and who has been applying for a visa again for the past several years, but his application is rejected every time.A Pakistani Artist said that this biased attitude of US Embassy visa staff towards Pakistani Artists.
