‘I knew long ago’: Adnan Sami opens up about leaving Pakistan

Singer Adnan Sami has once again taken a strong stand against Pakistani Army, revealing that his decision to leave the country was rooted in deep disillusionment with the military establishment. In a recent post on X, Sami shared a conversation with a group of young Pakistani men he had in Baku, Azerbaijan.

“Met some very sweet Pakistani boys while walking on the beautiful streets of Baku,” he wrote. “They said, ‘Sir, you are very lucky. You left Pakistan at a good time. We also want to change our citizenship. We hate our army. They have destroyed our country!’ I replied, ‘I knew this long ago!’”

Met some very sweet Pakistani boys while walking on the beautiful streets of Baku, Azerbaijan…

They said “Sir, You are very lucky.. You left Pakistan in good time.. We also want to change our citizenship…WE HATE OUR ARMY…They have destroyed our country!!”

I replied “ I knew…

— Adnan Sami (@AdnanSamiLive) May 4, 2025

Born in the UK to a Pakistani father and an Indian mother, Sami moved to India in 2001. After initially living in India on a visitor visa and holding dual citizenship (Pakistan and Canada), he formally became an Indian citizen in 2016. Since then, the celebrated singer has been vocal about his criticism of Pakistan.

The latest post comes amid heightened tensions between following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, which left 26 people dead. Terming the incident a “horrific crime against humanity,” Sami joined many others in publicly mourning the incident,

Recently, after a journalist referenced India’s advisory for Pakistani nationals to leave the country post the Pahalgam attack, former Pakistani Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry took a dig on X, asking, “What about Adnan Sami?”

Sami fired back, writing, “Who is going to tell this illiterate idiot!”

In another response, he called Chaudhry a “dumba**” and said, “My roots are from Peshawar, not Lahore. To think that you were Minister of (Mis) Information and have no knowledge about any information!”