Government cracks down on sale of Indian film CDs

islamabad — The Pakistan government has launched a crackdown on the sale of Indian movies. in the wake of tensions after New Delhi revoked Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said on Friday.

The crackdown is the latest in series of measures announced by Pakistan in reaction to revocation of special status of Kashmir by India.

It also comes after Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) banned the airing of advertisements featuring Indian artists and India-made products. “We have banned Indian advertisements and launched a crackdown on CD shops to confiscate Indian movies,” Firdous Ashiq Awan, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information, told Dawn news on Thursday.

She said the Interior Ministry had already started a crackdown on Indian movies in Islamabad and it would be expanded to other parts of the country soon in collaboration with the provincial governments.

“Today the Interior

Ministry raided some shops in Islamabad and confiscated Indian movies,” Awan told Dawn.

Pemra on Wednesday circulated a letter dated August 14 on Wednesday announcing the ban. Pemra said that it already withdrew the permission for airing Indian channels and content on the directions of the Pakistan Supreme Court in October last year. —

We have launched a crackdown on CD shops to confiscate Indian movies. Today the Interior Ministry raided some shops in Islamabad and confiscated Indian movies Firdous Ashiq Awan Special assistant to PM