Summary She asserted that the decision was self-imposed by the cinema owners themselves.
ISLAMABAD (Daily Dunya) - Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that the government did not imposed the ban on Indian films in the country.
She asserted that the decision was self-imposed by the cinema owners themselves.
Marriyum pronounced that Indian films are being screened in the Pakistani cinemas.
The minister assured that the government will not prevent films from screening in cinemas once they have been approved by the censor board.
On Monday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif constituted a committee headed by Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb to examine the ban on Indian movies in local cinemas.
Following the Uri attack in September last year, Pakistani artists were threatened and unofficially banned from working in any Bollywood film.
Then in October, Film Exhibitors Association of Pakistan imposed a ban on the screening of Indian movies in Pakistani cinemas following escalation of tensions with India over the latter’s unprovoked ceasefire violation along the Line of Control.
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority also forced a ban on Indian TV channels and entertainment programmes aired in Pakistan.
