Lift the film ban

LAHORE: This is with regard to your coverage of the banning of the film Tere Bin Laden by the Central Board of Film Censors.  The people of this country, especially the younger generation, need to have some fun and entertainment. They should have parks and playgrounds but in most instances these have been encroached upon or neglected by the government.

Also, what do we get to see and read about every day? That our elected representatives have bought fake degrees to win elections and that dozens of our countrymen and women die every day in suicide bombings. Don’t we deserve to see some good films? It’s a tragedy that the government has banned a film simply because it is scared of either America or the Taliban and al Qaeda. The ban should be lifted and the government should provide security to theatres which screen it.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 20^th, 2010.