Shafi shared a note on Twitter explaining why she chose to remove her song Mein from the list of nominees. Her note is as much about supporting the protest as it is about the philosophy behind it. https://twitter.com/itsmeeshashafi?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorThe same day, six hours later, Ali Zafar shared a poem on Twitter accompanied by the hashtags #Mein and #ego. The central idea of the poem is how ‘mein,’ which he interprets as ego, is the root cause of all problems. As much as it’s in simple Urdu with not much to read between the lines, the hashtags did make the tweet more cryptic.

Source: The Express Tribune April 24, 2019 11:48 UTC