World / No Indian films to be screened in Pak cinemas: Pak govt spokesperson

Pakistan on Thursday banned the screening of Indian films in the country. "No Indian movie to be screened in Pakistani cinemas," Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Special Assistant to Pakistan Prime Minister on Information & Broadcasting was quoted as saying. Awan also reportedly said Pakistan government is formulating a policy to ban all kinds of Indian cultural content in the country.

Pakistan said on Thursday (Aug 8) it would ban the screening of Indian films in the country's cinemas, as tensions between the two countries rise over the contested Kashmir region.

"No Indian cinema will be screened in any Pakistani cinema. Drama, films and Indian content of this kind will be completely banned in Pakistan," Mr Firdous Ashiq Awan, an adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, said in a tweet.