ISLAMABAD: All those who have been upset over recent government’s ban on the screening of Bollywood movies in Pakistan during the Eid season, can now take a sigh of relief happily.
According to a new notice by the Information and Broadcasting Division of the Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage, the ban on the screening of Bollywood imports in Pakistan during Eid days is reported to have been shortened from two-week duration to one week.
Precisely, the ban will be a week-long, starting from Eid day – both Eid ul Fitr and Eid ul Azha – till a week.
The initial notice, issued by the Central Board of Film Censors, specified that the ban will be in effect from two days before Eid to two weeks after Eid holidays.
However, much to the joy of Indian movie lovers in Pakistan that the new notice has added to their festivities of Eid holidays.
The purpose of ban was to support Pakistani film industry. On Eid, Bollywood movies – Race 3 and Sanju – are expected to give tough competition to their Pakistani counterpart movies. Therefore, curtailing the ban may also shrink the monopoly of Pakistani films releasing this Eid — 7 Din Mohabbat In, Wajood, Na Band Na Baraati and Azaadi — at the box office.
