{"id":99624,"date":"2025-10-06T15:45:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/i-have-never-promoted-violence-or-alcohol-talha-anjum-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:45:29","slug":"i-have-never-promoted-violence-or-alcohol-talha-anjum-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/i-have-never-promoted-violence-or-alcohol-talha-anjum-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"I have never promoted violence or alcohol: Talha Anjum | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Talha Anjum wants people to know that he does not condone\u00a0violence and alcohol. In a recent interview with Raftar,<\/em> Anjum was asked by a sixteen year old audience member about the influence his lyrics have on young people, especially when they include references to alcohol. The rapper chose to deny ever promoting such things during the Q&A session. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I have ever preached violence or alcohol,\u201d he said. \u201cI have talked about it but I\u2019m not saying that I\u2019m doing it or that I love doing it. I\u2019m not promoting it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The fan further said that whatever the singer does becomes cool and everyone copies it. \u201cIf someone is trying to be sigma or cool, they will play your song in the background,\u201d the fan asked. \u201cWhat do you have to say about that?\u201c<\/p>\n

To this he responded, \u201cI want people to copy me, but only for the good things I have done.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anjum thinks that people in Pakistan tend to focus only on others\u2019 flaws and rarely acknowledge the good until someone has passed away. The singer said that he has made so many songs that have touched upon social issues too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The rapper admitted that he has talked about alcohol, however, other poets do that too. \u201cTake Ghalib for instance,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd people call him a legend. However, when I look back, I am not reminded of any verse of Ghalib that talks about alcohol. It is all about how you perceive it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Talha Anjum wants people to know that he does not condone\u00a0violence and alcohol. In a recent interview with Raftar, Anjum was asked by a sixteen year old audience member about the influence his lyrics have on young people, especially when they include references to alcohol. The rapper chose to deny ever promoting such things during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/anjum1759752383-0\/anjum1759752383-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t