Local industry: ‘Indian films destroyed local cinema’

LAHORE: Lahore High Court admitted a petition for hearing on Wednesday against the exhibition of Indian films in Pakistan. A film producer filed the petition saying that Indian movies were being illegally smuggled and exhibited in Pakistani cinemas. He said the local film industry had been destroyed because of this. The petitioner asked the court to restrain the Pakistan Film Censor Board from issuing NOCs to Indian movies. Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh has sought a reply on the matter from the censor board in a fortnight.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 8^th, 2014.