Diljit Dosanjh’s Pakistani fans adore him and want to see him perform in Pakistan, a request the artist politely turned down for now, saying he would get in trouble if he did.

The singer was on an Instagram live on Tuesday to hype up his tour of Europe when a fan from Lahore asked him to visit the city.

Responding to the request, Dosanjh said, “No brother, if I come to Lahore, they won’t let me go anywhere else. You know what’s going on in the world. It’s all about politics bro.”

He went on to say that he doesn’t see himself ever getting involved in politics because it requires “very thick skin”.

“I always stay away from politics, always keep my face away from it. That’s why I say politics, for anyone who wants to pursue it as a profession, is very hard. ‘It’s not something I can handle,’ that’s what I say and stay away from it all,” Dosanjh said.