<p>Pakistan-born actor Marc Anwar has been fired from "Coronation Street" after allegedly posting "racially offensive" tweets about Indians over the Kashmir issue, British media reported today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>ITV said Marc, 45, who joined the soap as Sharif Nazir in February 2014, would not be returning to the show "with immediate effect".<br /><br />The actor, who plays Sharif Nazir in the long-running soap, was dismissed after the Sunday Mirror informed the ITV network bosses about his racist tweets.<br /><br />They include offensive language used to refer to Indian people.<br /><br />Mirror published a screenshot of the alleged tweets from the actor's account, attacking India over Kashmir and calling for Pakistani actors to stop working in the country.<br /><br />The paper also quoted an official statement from ITV.<br /><br />"We are deeply shocked by the entirely unacceptable, racially offensive comments made on Twitter by Marc Anwar.<br /><br />"We have talked to Marc and, as a consequence of his comments, he will not be returning to Coronation Street with immediate effect," the statement read.<br /><br />The actor's tweets came days after the Uri terror attack which lead to the killing of 17 Indian soldiers.</p>
<p>Pakistan-born actor Marc Anwar has been fired from "Coronation Street" after allegedly posting "racially offensive" tweets about Indians over the Kashmir issue, British media reported today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>ITV said Marc, 45, who joined the soap as Sharif Nazir in February 2014, would not be returning to the show "with immediate effect".<br /><br />The actor, who plays Sharif Nazir in the long-running soap, was dismissed after the Sunday Mirror informed the ITV network bosses about his racist tweets.<br /><br />They include offensive language used to refer to Indian people.<br /><br />Mirror published a screenshot of the alleged tweets from the actor's account, attacking India over Kashmir and calling for Pakistani actors to stop working in the country.<br /><br />The paper also quoted an official statement from ITV.<br /><br />"We are deeply shocked by the entirely unacceptable, racially offensive comments made on Twitter by Marc Anwar.<br /><br />"We have talked to Marc and, as a consequence of his comments, he will not be returning to Coronation Street with immediate effect," the statement read.<br /><br />The actor's tweets came days after the Uri terror attack which lead to the killing of 17 Indian soldiers.</p>