Mumbai: In wake of the dastardly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri region in which 18 Army soldiers lost their lives, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Friday issued a 48-hour deadline to Pakistani actors and artistes to leave India, saying they would push them out of the country if they didn’t go back to their nation.

“We give a 48-hour deadline to Pakistani actors and artistes to leave India or the MNS will push them out,” said Amey Khopkar, MNS Chitrapat Sena president.

This comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two nations after four terrorists killed 18 Army personnel at an Army camp in Uri region.

India blamed Pakistan for the attack as probe agencies reportedly recovered weapons and ammunition bearing Pakistani insignia from the site.

Pakistan has, however, flatly rejected New Delhi’s claims of involvement in the Uri terror attack, stating that the latter had a tendency to point fingers at the former whenever a terror attack took place on Indian soil.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned the attack and said that it won’t go unpunished.

It is not the first time that Pakistani artistes have been threatened by Mumbai-based political parties.