Distributors are hoping to get the permission before 'Raees', starring Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and Pakistani Maira khan. If Sharif government does not directly permission, then thorough NOCs wil be made a path. For import of Bollywood films Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has constituted a committee to consider a request by distributors. Distributors are hoping to get the permission before Raees, starring Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan and Pakistani actor Maira Khan, releases on January 25. The committee formed by Mr. Sharif is headed by Minister of State for Information Maryum Aurangzeb. It includes the Secretary of Commerce, Adviser to the Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage and a representative of ISI.Cinema hall owners had suspended the screening of Bollywood films in Pakistan’s theatres in October last year following escalation of tensions along the Line of Control. Indian films are in the list of banned items in Pakistan. But the Commerce Ministry, under para-19 of the import policy order, had issued no-objection certificates (NOCs) at the request of the Information Ministry for import of Indian films since 2006. The Information Ministry, in consultation with the Commerce Ministry, followed a procedure to allow the import of two or three Indian films per month through NOCs.
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