Pak. panel for lifting ban on Indian films

Pakistan's numerous Bollywood fans may soon get to watch their favourite stars on the big screen if the government clears a recommendation from a parliamentary panel for lifting a four-decade ban on Indian films.

The Standing Committee on Culture of the Senate, the upper house of Pakistan's parliament, last week sent a report backing the lifting of the ban and containing a mechanism for importing Indian movies on a reciprocal basis.

"We have devised a mechanism for allowing the import of Indian films for a period of one year, after which the arrangements can be reviewed," Senator Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry, the chairman of the committee, told PTI.

The government would have to clear the proposal before the import of Indian films is allowed, Chaudhry said. The culture ministry has forwarded the committee's report to caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro, who is expected to take a decision on it in the near future.

Chaudhry did not give details of the mechanism that was devised by the Senate panel, but reports said the import of 12 Indian films will be allowed against the export of an equal number of Pakistani movies to India.

Courtesy:thehindu.com
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