PANAJI: Following the demand to impose a ban on Pakistan artistes from working in the Hindi film industry, Pakistani writers are now at the receiving end. Repercussions of the India-Pakistan relations which strained after the surgical strike have had a ripple effect on the Goa arts and literary festival (GALF) as well.Pakistani writers and artists will not feature at GALF 2016 , which is scheduled to be held from December 8-11 in Goa, informed the curators of the festival.“It is a matter of great regret that we won’t be having Pakistani representation at our festival this year. Some of Pakistan’s great writers want to be a part of this festival yet they cannot. We will miss them,” said Vivek Menezes, co-founder and curator of the festival.Each year, the organizers of GALF we have reached across borders and invited Pakistan and Bangladesh. Owing to the sensitive situation regarding Pakistani artistes working in India, this year it is not possible due to government orders issued and no visas being granted to Pakistanis to travel to India.However this will not stop other writers from discussing the issue at the three-day festival, informed curator, Damodar Mauzo . “We will not compromise with freedom of expression,” he said.GALF is very popular among the writers and artists of Pakistan, many of whom make it to the event year after year. Pakistani journalist of Goan origin, Cyril Almeida was also a popular face at the festival.