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PTI
Karachi
The CHAIRMAN of the Pakistan Film Exhibitors Association, Zoraiz Lashari, is confident that the latest Bollywood films will start being released and screened in Pakistani cinemas soon as he said the government does not have any issue with the release of Indian films.
Lashari made it clear that the Pakistan government had not banned the screening of Indian films in Pakistan even after the relations between the two countries got tense last year."In fact because distributors, exhibitors and cinema owners in Pakistan were facing some NOC issues over the import, certification and screening of new Indian films, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has now formed a committee to discuss the issue and ensure the release of upcoming Indian films in Pakistan," he said.
He said a meeting was held last week of the committee which was attended by all stakeholders of the Pakistan cinema industry and a lot of focus was laid on supporting Pakistani films. It was also made clear that the government did not ban Indian films. Lashari recalled that cinema owners had voluntarily decided to suspend screening of Indian films after Pakistani actors were stopped from performing in India.
He said the committee is working overtime to make the release of new Indian films possible, adding that there could be some positive news in the next two days.
