Hindustan Times (Patiala)

‘PAK PM FORMS COMMITTEE FOR CLEARANCE OF INDIAN MOVIES’

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:Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday formed a special committee for the clearance of Indian movies to be screened in the country, according to a report.

The move came days after cinema owners in Pakistan resumed screening of Indian films, ending a self-imposed ‘temporary suspension’ of more than two months.

The panel would include minister of state for informatio­n and broadcasti­ng Marriyum Aurangzeb, advisor to the prime minister Irfan Siddiqui, film censor board chairman Mubashir Hasan and a representa­tive from an intelligen­ce agency, Geo News reported quoting sources.

Secretary commerce Azmat Ranjha would serve as the secretary of the committee that will be responsibl­e for clearing the films to be screened in the country, the report said.

Cinemas across Pakistan had stopped screening Indian movies in September last year after the Indian Army had carried out surgical strikes across the Line of Control.

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