December 19, 2016 3:47 AM

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Pak to start screening Indian movies from tomorrow after two month suspension

In Pakistan, cinemas will start screening Indian movies from tomorrow as film exhibitors and cinema owners lifted the a two-month self-imposed suspension on their screening that was put in place amidst Indo-Pak tensions following the Uri terror attack.<br/>'<br/>Zoraish Lashari, Chairman of the Film Exhibitors Association, told reporters that after thorough discussions with parties concerned, it has been decided that screening of Indian films will resume from tomorrow.<br/><br/>Sources in the industry told news agency PTI that most of the cinema owners, exhibitors and importers of Indian films had got panicky after Pakistani films including old and fresh releases and even latest Hollywood movies failed to fill up the halls.<br/><br/>The Media and Marketing Manager of a major chain of cineplexes, Sabina Islam, said 75 per cent of the revenues generated in the industry came from screening of Indian films. Pakistan is considered as the third largest market for Indian films.<br/>

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