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Indian movie on 1971 war faces ban in Pakistan

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LAHORE: Based on anti-Pakistan propaganda, ‘The Bastard Child’, a 160-minute duration Hindi language movie, has recently been released in India to tarnish the image of Pakistan and its armed forces around the world. Thec is likely to ban this propaganda piece in the country, an official in federal government told The Nation on Thursday. The […]


Impact of Indian movies

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Sir: Indian movies have always been a source of entertainment for Pakistanis but we do not realise how badly they are affecting our youngsters’ minds. Most of the Bollywood movies openly show various drugs and tobacco use as a socially acceptable thing and our youngsters end up admiring Indian actors consuming alcohol and smoking. Recently, […]


Back to the movies

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As if the deprived citizens of this country did not have enough on their plate, we have to worry about rogue television anchormen/women with axes to grind. Recently, Mubashir Lucman, the anchorman of a private news channel, submitted a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) contending that the screening and import of Indian movies […]


Cinemas to exhibit both local and Indian movies

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday disposed of as withdrawn the petitions against the exhibition of Indian films in Pakistan. As the hearing started on Monday, representatives of the Cinema Owners Association and other respondents appeared before the court. The lawyers of the association told the court that the Film Producers Association and cinema […]


Board stops censoring Indian, English movies: chairman

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ISLAMABAD: Central Films Censor Board (CFCB) Chairman Syed Arshad Ali has said that after a Lahore High Court (LHC) stay order, the Board has stopped the work of censoring all the Indian and English movies and has left to the court to decide further in this regard. Talking to The News, the CFCB chairman said […]