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Pakistan to allow screening of Indian films
Islamabad: Bowing to pressure by powerful film distributors, the Pakistan government has finally decided to allow "regular" screening of Indian films in the country's theatres that have been reduced to just 200 from 1,400 in the 1980s. "The proposal for approval is with Prime Minister (Muhammadmian Soomro) and a formal notification can be issued any time," a senior official in the PM's secretariat told IANS.The official said the caretaker prime minister has yet not seen the recommendations by the standing committee of the senate (upper house of parliament) that has favoured screening of the Indian films. But the PM has been briefed on the proposal. The committee in its meeting held last week in Islamabad finalized and sent its recommendations to the PM for approval. The film distributors in Pakistan have been lobbying for many years for the screening of Indian movies. Though they succeeded in getting approval for some of the Indian movies in the last two years, it was only on a case-to-case basis. Posted by: john frum 2008-01-27 |
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