kolkata a day after his rendition of qaumitarana the pakistani national anthem before the start of the indiapakistan clash at the eden gardens was criticized on social media shafqatamanat ali on sunday rendered an apology the pakistani singer in a tweet however denied any mistake on his part blaming a few audio technical glitches on saturday the singers performance had drawn angry responses from pakistanis some accused him of getting the lyrics wrong while others felt he should be deported if he steps in the country again before leaving kolkata on sunday evening shafqat told toi since some people wanted me to tender an apology they have one for me this apology was for not being able to win their praise but i neither forgot the lyrics nor got my tune wrong so what exactly did go wrong according to the mitwa singer it happened because the weather had denied him a chance to conduct a sound check consequently he took a big risk to sing live in front of such a large and charged audience he said because of the rain we didnt get a chance to do a sound check we went straight into the performance there was one airmonitor in my right ear which was playing the track a little earlier out of sync there was a speaker right in front of me there the sound was coming with a little delay he told toi it was this time lapse shafqat claimed that was the problem i was also trying to not go out of tempo many told me that the overall sound of my performance was a little low and that some words might have sounded different the original words are parchamesitara due to sound problems people heard it as parchamositara but thats incorrect by no means had i forgotten our beloved qaumitarana he said while amitabhbachchan got a thundering response for his rendition of jana ganamana from both sides of the border even pakistani fans were harsh on shafqat saying he was at his poorest and weakest during a pathetic rendition when asked about the divergent reactions to these two performances shafqat said i respect him amitabh immensely yes he gave a great performance some of shafqats online baiters had hinted that the enormity of the occassion had got to the singer perhaps it was a bad case of stage fright singing to a 67000strong crowd at the eden more so because it came before such a crucial match shafqat however dismissed this allegation not at all i didnt even want to sing on minus one track a system of singing along a studiorecorded accompanying track had i wanted to do so i could have easily gone to a studio recorded the song and lipsynced but i wanted to sing live though this wasnt exactly a singing show besides we also lost the match does he think his countrymen would have reacted differently had pakistan won the match maybe