'Was reduced to sensational headlines'

Mumbai: Sonu Nigam has said the comment he made at a media summit recently that it "would be better if I was from Pakistan" was taken out of context. According to reports, the singer had said that sometimes he wishes he was from Pakistan so he would get more offers from India.

In a Facebook post recently, Sonu said journalists missed the "real content" and his statement was "reduced" to "sensational" headlines.

"Sometimes in an attempt to make headlines catchy and sensational, some journalists miss the real content. Yesterday's AajTak Summit happened so amazing, and look what have they reduced it to...My point about being better off being born in Pakistan was about the music companies in India asking Indian singers to pay 40-50 per cent of their concerts remunerations to them, and only then they'll work with those artistes. But they don't ask the same from singers from abroad, namely Pakistan. This was the important point I made... And these guys changed it to 'I would have been better off born in Pakistan I'd have work come my way.' What do I say? Pathetic," Sonu wrote on Facebook.