Govt suspends Samjhauta Express; bans Bollywood movies and TVCs

[Hermoine Green]

ISLAMABAD:
The government decided to shut the Samjhauta Express rail service between Lahore and New Delhi and placed a complete ban on the screening of Bollywood movies in the country, as tension between the neighbours continue to rise following India’s revocation of special status of Kashmir.

Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid told a news conference on Thursday the train service between Pakistan and India had been stopped immediately and the passengers, who were scheduled to depart from Lahore on Thursday, had been shifted to Wagah border for their onward journey.

“Pakistani nation cannot sit idle when India is committing massive human rights violations in Kashmir,” Rashid said, making a formal announcement of the suspension of the train service. “So being the railways minister, today I announce to close down the Samjhauta Express forever. As long as I am the railways minister, it will not operate.”

The minister assured that people who had bought tickets will be reimbursed. He advised the passengers to get their tickets refunded from the Office of Divisional Superintendent in Lahore. He directed the authorities to detach bogies of Samjhauta Express and use them to accommodate passengers’ influx on Eidul Azha.

Answering a question, the minister said whatever was happening in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) was part of a well-planned conspiracy against the people of Kashmir. He predicted that the next three to 12 months were crucial. “There can be a war,” he said, adding Pakistan did not want war, but peace.”

The minister recalled that whenever tension mounted between Pakistan and India, extremist Hindus targeted Pakistani passengers in India, referring to the burning incident of Samjhauta train in 2007. “They (Hindus) burnt alive Pakistanis in 1947 and 2007 in trains.”

The Indian government rushed through a presidential decree on Monday to revoke the special status of occupied Kashmir. In response Pakistan on Wednesday expelled Indian envoy and downgraded the diplomatic ties. The government also announced that Pakistan would revisit the bilateral arrangements.

Rashid said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took an unwise decision of revoking Article 370 and expressed confidence that people of Kashmir would bury Modi’s politics in Srinagar that started from the Babri Masjid episode. “People of Kashmir and Pakistan are enjoying common values, culture and religion, so they were integral part of each other,” he added.

Also on Thursday, Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said in a tweet that screening of Indian films in the country’s cinemas would be banned. “No Indian movie will be screened in any Pakistani cinema. Drama, films and Indian content of this kind will be completely banned in Pakistan.”

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2030935/1-samjhauta-express-shut-railways-minister/

 

[KingKhanWC]

Its a shame ordinary people will not be able to travel via the train but Kashmiris are suffering much more, so good decision.

As for Bollywood, you have to be pretty lonely to watch this crap anyway.

 

[JaDed]

Now Pakistani artists cannot complain about partiality to Indian movies, Shaan and others will get first priority now and this is their best chance to set up Pakistani cinema.

 

[msaaim89]

Good move. Need to cut everything off completely.

 

[msaaim89]

Hopefully it's permanent.

 

[IMMY69]

Its a shame ordinary people will not be able to travel via the train but Kashmiris are suffering much more, so good decision.

As for Bollywood, you have to be pretty lonely to watch this crap anyway.

Thats one step too far!
Have you not seen Kuch kuch Hota Hai?

 

[KingKhanWC]

Thats one step too far!
Have you not seen Kuch kuch Hota Hai?

No and unless you pay me I wont either. People attach themselves to Bollywood because they see some of their culture, language, humour but I never have. The last films I watched were forced upon me as a child but I did enjoy Sholay. I did try and watch on the plane, something called Tiger because it involved Pakistan, wish Id rather slept that one hour before switching it off.

Bollywood is now being used a propaganda which is why there are so many nationalist films. Pakistanis as a nation should not be screening such films in the cinema or promoting this industry while the nation is taking away peoples rights. Those who cant live without Bollywood can always buy copies, this takes aways funds from the industry.

 

[IMMY69]

No and unless you pay me I wont either. People attach themselves to Bollywood because they see some of their culture, language, humour but I never have. The last films I watched were forced upon me as a child but I did enjoy Sholay. I did try and watch on the plane, something called Tiger because it involved Pakistan, wish Id rather slept that one hour before switching it off.

Bollywood is now being used a propaganda which is why there are so many nationalist films. Pakistanis as a nation should not be screening such films in the cinema or promoting this industry while the nation is taking away peoples rights. Those who cant live without Bollywood can always buy copies, this takes aways funds from the industry.

Absolutely no interest in it mate...

I’ll stick to Hobbs & Shaw which i’m watching with with my teenagers tonight... that’s enough fiction for me

 

[Pakistanian]

Now Pakistani artists cannot complain about partiality to Indian movies, Shaan and others will get first priority now and this is their best chance to set up Pakistani cinema.

I think they've already been on the rebound

 

[Manunited18]

Bolly wood, lol, thank God these fake con artests are history

 

[Jin Chacha]

All these are good symbolic measures but to be honest we have been strangely incompetent in this whole situation. From the foreign office to the military establishment, the whole state apparatus was seemingly caught by surprise and is now relying on these window dressing moves. I fail to understand why or how our policy makers both civil and military didn’t anticipate this move. It is not even something that came completely out of the blue, BJP practically had this in its manifesto and there is actually a fairly old thread in the forum anticipating this move. What was our contingency plan if India did this? To ban Bollywood movies?

Such moves are always easier to deal with if you preempt them or take them to international forums before they happen. Our options were always going to be limited after India did what it did short of taking some extreme military step but why we weren’t prepared for this just boggles the mind.

 

[Akki malhotra]

Bolly wood, lol, thank God these fake con artests are history

If only you could tell this same to your artists who always beg to work in Bollywood. Our bollywood starts are in the list of top 10 richest actors of the world . Our movies gets blockbusters around the world and even in your best friend country, who kills muslims, china.....

 

[msaaim89]

If only you could tell this same to your artists who always beg to work in Bollywood. Our bollywood starts are in the list of top 10 richest actors of the world . Our movies gets blockbusters around the world and even in your best friend country, who kills muslims, china.....

Unfortunately some people only care about money.

 

[troodon]

Why ban Bollywood movies? People are going to watch online anyway.

 

[AdamM97]

Bolly wood, lol, thank God these fake con artests are history

Tbh, i don’t know why anyone, whether they’re Pakistanis, Indians or Bangladeshis likes Bollywood. Half of their films are terrible remakes of foreign films, and the other half are bad romcoms with the same ending as every other film.

I mean, it’s the biggest film industry in the world yet no Bollywood film has ever won the Oscars.

Coming back to the main topic, i understand that Pakistan had to respond in some way but banning movies is merely symbolic and actually hurts our film industry and cinema halls.

 

[JaDed]

I think they've already been on the rebound

Yes but there were complaints about bias towards the screens showing Indian movies, now it’s completely open and Pak can directly go for digital cameras unlike bollywood.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Nice slap to the bollywoodies. They had this love for pak artists. Nice nice.

 

[msaaim89]

Why ban Bollywood movies? People are going to watch online anyway.

Some may but it takes a bit of money away from the source.

 

[Pakpak]

No and unless you pay me I wont either. People attach themselves to Bollywood because they see some of their culture, language, humour but I never have. The last films I watched were forced upon me as a child but I did enjoy Sholay. I did try and watch on the plane, something called Tiger because it involved Pakistan, wish Id rather slept that one hour before switching it off.

Bollywood is now being used a propaganda which is why there are so many nationalist films. Pakistanis as a nation should not be screening such films in the cinema or promoting this industry while the nation is taking away peoples rights. Those who cant live without Bollywood can always buy copies, this takes aways funds from the industry.

Exactly my sentiments. Can't stand Bollywood films. Sadly a lot of Pakistanis are still obsessed about it.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Pakistan is harming itself by banning Bollywood and denying its citizens exposure to quality cinema, music and celebrity scoops.

 

[Junaid_ahmed]

If only you could tell this same to your artists who always beg to work in Bollywood. Our bollywood starts are in the list of top 10 richest actors of the world . Our movies gets blockbusters around the world and even in your best friend country, who kills muslims, china.....

If Pakistani artists beg then you are barking here....

its hindustan who dont have competent singers/artists so to earn revenue they HIRE Pakistani artists & singers. Now dont ever try to insult Pakistanis. Nonsense.

 

[xbronze]

If Pakistani artists beg then you are barking here....

its hindustan who dont have competent singers/artists so to earn revenue they HIRE Pakistani artists & singers. Now dont ever try to insult Pakistanis. Nonsense.

Strange as it sounds that thought did occur to me...Was the movie ban (and other trade bans) done with the intent to bleed the Indian Movie and music industry. The fact remains that even though we Indians hate to admit it, Pakistani talent pool (especially singers) is amazing. Besides, culturally and linguistically no other country on earth is so similar as to allow India to import talent from elsewhere.

While we Indians like to think and boast that it is a one way street in terms of the entertainment industry relationship between Indian and Pakistan (India produces - Pakistan consumes), we overlook a few things in our over zealousness:

1. India increasingly relies on Pakistani talent
2. Whether we notice or not, Pakistani talent has made impressive footprints in the Indian entertainment industry and our hearts
3. Very importantly, Pakistan presents a customer base of several 100 million loyal customers

On an unrelated note, not only movies, Pakistan is a huge market for a lot of other Indian products.

So the trade ban being put in place by Pakistan will hurt India. I just did a quick research on the topic, and there does seem to be a method and logic behind the counter measures declared by Pakistan.

 

[DeadBall]

Why ban Bollywood movies? People are going to watch online anyway.

True, the latest Bollywood movies run non stop on the "local" jugaar channels.

Some may but it takes a bit of money away from the source.

A very little amount all things considered.

 

[blackanhyellow]

Strange as it sounds that thought did occur to me...Was the movie ban (and other trade bans) done with the intent to bleed the Indian Movie and music industry. The fact remains that even though we Indians hate to admit it, Pakistani talent pool (especially singers) is amazing. Besides, culturally and linguistically no other country on earth is so similar as to allow India to import talent from elsewhere.

While we Indians like to think and boast that it is a one way street in terms of the entertainment industry relationship between Indian and Pakistan (India produces - Pakistan consumes), we overlook a few things in our over zealousness:

1. India increasingly relies on Pakistani talent
2. Whether we notice or not, Pakistani talent has made impressive footprints in the Indian entertainment industry and our hearts
3. Very importantly, Pakistan presents a customer base of several 100 million loyal customers

On an unrelated note, not only movies, Pakistan is a huge market for a lot of other Indian products.

So the trade ban being put in place by Pakistan will hurt India. I just did a quick research on the topic, and there does seem to be a method and logic behind the counter measures declared by Pakistan.

Financially it effects Bollywood, but not by much.

There are 220 million pakistanis, however Pakistan doesnt have a cinema culture like there is in India or western countries.

There is probably less than 200 proper cinemas in Pakistan.

On top of that the large majority of Pakistanis pirate movies off of the internet.


So financially Pakistan is not too significant to India.

However, Bollywood is India's soft power.

They get a lot of propaganda across through this medium.

It has been used to great effect in places like Afghanistan, some arab countries, etc..

A lot more pakistanis see positive images of Indians, then indians see of Pakistanis simply due to Bollywood.

Although a majority of Bollywood watchers in Pakistan will continue to watch Bollywood movie pirated over the internet regardless of the ban.

My father tells us stories of how people from KPK used to drive all the way to Kabul to watch bollywood movies when they were banned back in the day.

However, this will allow space for Pakistani cinema to also break through. As now, the small cinema audience of Pakistan will have an option of watching hollywood movies (in english) or Pakistani movies (in their own language) in cinemas. I expect ISPR to fund a few more patriotic movies.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Ban something that’s already banned?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47479747

 

[DeadBall]

Tbh, i don’t know why anyone, whether they’re Pakistanis, Indians or Bangladeshis likes Bollywood. Half of their films are terrible remakes of foreign films, and the other half are bad romcoms with the same ending as every other film.

I mean, it’s the biggest film industry in the world yet no Bollywood film has ever won the Oscars.

Coming back to the main topic, i understand that Pakistan had to respond in some way but banning movies is merely symbolic and actually hurts our film industry and cinema halls.

You can say that as you may have developed a more refined palate but the majority dont know that they are copy paste jobs and just watch movies for time pass and to forget the day to day hardships.

Indian movies have won Oscars for Costume Design, Music etc (Maybe 5 or 6 I think) but not for the actual movies which fall into the Foreign or International Movies category where they had 3 movies nominated which were Mother India, Salaam Bombay and Lagaan.

Pakistan does drama really well (That's why we have, or had much superior serials) and I think movies like Khuda Kai Liye, Bol, Shah ( I think I'm a bit biased on this one but an excellent movie nonetheless) etc should've been nominated. I think Moor was the latest nominated movie.

 

[blackanhyellow]

Nice slap to the bollywoodies. They had this love for pak artists. Nice nice.

To be fair,

there are plenty of bollywood personalities that had a lot of hate to Pakistanis in bollywood. Anupam kher, Abhijeet, to name a few.

On top of that, India banned them first, India also banned Pakistani dramas which were catching some degree of popularity in India.

Om puri got a lot of love in Pakistan. Pakistanis give a lot of love to Indian actors / actresses.

Vice versa, Fawad Khan, Atif Aslam, Rahat have a huge following in India.

 

[Manunited18]

Tbh, i don’t know why anyone, whether they’re Pakistanis, Indians or Bangladeshis likes Bollywood. Half of their films are terrible remakes of foreign films, and the other half are bad romcoms with the same ending as every other film.

I mean, it’s the biggest film industry in the world yet no Bollywood film has ever won the Oscars.

Coming back to the main topic, i understand that Pakistan had to respond in some way but banning movies is merely symbolic and actually hurts our film industry and cinema halls.

Exactly, thats why I meant fake con artists, never watched the shower of xxite any way

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

Why ban Bollywood movies? People are going to watch online anyway.

Yea but if people pirate India wont profit financially from Pakistan. And yea Bollywood wont have any significant damage from this, but its a symbolic message that we dont like what you doing in Kashmir.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

Nice slap to the bollywoodies. They had this love for pak artists. Nice nice.

Pak artist didnt do this ban it was the govt of Pakistan. And Pakistanis, and Pakistani productions are already banned, so India cant complain.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

Pakistani cinemas will be hurt by the ban. The govt needs to import Turkish and Iranian content dubbed in Urdu. Turkish dramas get terrific ratings in Pakistan, so hopefully the films will do good as well. Iranian films are critically acclaimed so maybe the more educated crowd will enjoy those.

 

[mustang]

Pakistani cinemas will be hurt by the ban. The govt needs to import Turkish and Iranian content dubbed in Urdu. Turkish dramas get terrific ratings in Pakistan, so hopefully the films will do good as well. Iranian films are critically acclaimed so maybe the more educated crowd will enjoy those.

I have watched some Iranian movies, pretty good quality. Some talented directors there given what little permissible window they have in terms of conveying a concept (given the strict censorships). "The Stoning of Soraya" left me in shock & awe.

 

[slipcatch]

Should have implemented blanket ban on everything when the Indian decided to elect fascist as PM.

 

[JaDed]

You can say that as you may have developed a more refined palate but the majority dont know that they are copy paste jobs and just watch movies for time pass and to forget the day to day hardships.

Indian movies have won Oscars for Costume Design, Music etc (Maybe 5 or 6 I think) but not for the actual movies which fall into the Foreign or International Movies category where they had 3 movies nominated which were Mother India, Salaam Bombay and Lagaan.

Pakistan does drama really well (That's why we have, or had much superior serials) and I think movies like Khuda Kai Liye, Bol, Shah ( I think I'm a bit biased on this one but an excellent movie nonetheless) etc should've been nominated. I think Moor was the latest nominated movie.

Pakistani dramas in the 90s were good, my uncle somehow used to get PTV on dish and I guess Punjabis relate, currently I feel they pander to the women audience, also not to compare but TVF has brought some amazing Indian dramas now, thanks to internet , there is a drama for everyone online or on TV.

 

[JaDed]

Financially it effects Bollywood, but not by much.

There are 220 million pakistanis, however Pakistan doesnt have a cinema culture like there is in India or western countries.

There is probably less than 200 proper cinemas in Pakistan.

On top of that the large majority of Pakistanis pirate movies off of the internet.


So financially Pakistan is not too significant to India.

However, Bollywood is India's soft power.

They get a lot of propaganda across through this medium.

It has been used to great effect in places like Afghanistan, some arab countries, etc..

A lot more pakistanis see positive images of Indians, then indians see of Pakistanis simply due to Bollywood.

Although a majority of Bollywood watchers in Pakistan will continue to watch Bollywood movie pirated over the internet regardless of the ban.

My father tells us stories of how people from KPK used to drive all the way to Kabul to watch bollywood movies when they were banned back in the day.

However, this will allow space for Pakistani cinema to also break through. As now, the small cinema audience of Pakistan will have an option of watching hollywood movies (in english) or Pakistani movies (in their own language) in cinemas. I expect ISPR to fund a few more patriotic movies.

Bollywood is not doing well in India itself nowadays, Telugu industry, IPL(summer) and hollywood (eng and dubbed) and all digital content TVF, hotstar are giving stiff competition.

Cinema Footfalls are reducing except for telugu movies.

 

[JaDed]

Ban something that’s already banned?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47479747

Lol, lekin is baar final hai!

 

[DeadBall]

Why ban Bollywood movies? People are going to watch online anyway.

Pakistani dramas in the 90s were good, my uncle somehow used to get PTV on dish and I guess Punjabis relate, currently I feel they pander to the women audience, also not to compare but TVF has brought some amazing Indian dramas now, thanks to internet , there is a drama for everyone online or on TV.

Yeah, meant from the 90s it was Palistani serials peak back then . If they have more Indian related material now with the same quality, all the better. I havent followed any Indian serials but from what I've seen it's all Saans Bahoo with various angle shots combined with thunder and lightning sounds, maybe it has changed now.

Also I think India and to a lesser extent Pakistan wouldve had a much better chance if the censors and the boards weren't filled with such idiots. There are many South Indian movies that could have made a much bigger claim at the Oscar's, some of which were even submitted but never nominated.

Anyway Oscars are very political and should not be a benchmark of excellence. They have a very sketchy track record. I could write 20 examples just off the top of my head.

Anyway it is supposedly the benchmark for excellence and that's what it is, although it it becoming less relevant by each passing year.

The works of Satyajit Ray from before, Nayakan, Anjali etc and more recently Visarani definetly should've won something.

 

[JaDed]

Yeah, meant from the 90s it was Palistani serials peak back then . If they have more Indian related material now with the same quality, all the better. I havent followed any Indian serials but from what I've seen it's all Saans Bahoo with various angle shots combined with thunder and lightning sounds, maybe it has changed now.

Also I think India and to a lesser extent Pakistan wouldve had a much better chance if the censors and the boards weren't filled with such idiots. There are many South Indian movies that could have made a much bigger claim at the Oscar's, some of which were even submitted but never nominated.

Anyway Oscars are very political and should not be a benchmark of excellence. They have a very sketchy track record. I could write 20 examples just off the top of my head.

Anyway it is supposedly the benchmark for excellence and that's what it is, although it it becoming less relevant by each passing year.

The works of Satyajit Ray from before, Nayakan, Anjali etc and more recently Visarani definetly should've won something.

Yes Oscars are important for few and that's ok, I don't mind people taking a dig at bollywood anymore, I had a great childhood with it esp all the movies of Hrishikesh and Basu C and so much parallel cinema my mom exposed me to.

Its true South Indian cinema could had fared better at oscar's but one can't really say, even Satyajit Ray was given oscar almost at his deathbed one good thing about Oscars they remembered Om Puri after his death, unlike Indian awards.
He was the last guy who could play angry Punjabi uncle-dad, bollywood actors don't have that voice anymore.

Many bollywood movies in the 60's and 70's were remakes of Bengali, time and again I wonder bollywood gets extra credit just by remaking Indian movies itself.

On Indian shows never watch one on TV, if you can catch it try TVF pitchers its on youtube, best thing about Indian webseries they close at 5 episodes a season , thank GOD the complete opposite of Indian TV where 1000 is the norm.

Anyhow not derailing topic further, this news of banning bollywood should be good, Shaan Shahid can release whatever movie he wants now, good actor but attitude is like Modi.

 

[Uzi]

Bollywood should be banned in any case. Pure garbage.

 

[Chasing_The_Dream]

Kudos to Sheikh Rashid and I K government for taking these measures against insidiously bloodthirsty machinations by Modi’s government in IOK. Totally agree with many posters here that Bollywood movies are superficial, shallow and lack any semblance of artistic depth. So good riddance!

Pakistani cinema halls should show not only well produced Pakistani movies, they should also focus on Iranian and Egyptian movies. There’s a vibrant and dynamic pool of very talented actors, writers and Directors from the Middle East who’ve won numerous international film awards.

Besides these small steps, economic sanctions should be placed on India by the EU and Islamic nations. Just wonder why they have their head stuck in the sand by ignoring the genocide taking place in Indian occupied Kashmir.

 

[BaankeJi]

This will further frustrate common Pakistani.
Pakistan govt is hell bent on harming itself.

 

[Lego20]

So much has reversed with Modi. In congi times, we would stop playing cricket with Pakistan after terroism within our borders. Pakistan's actions remind me of those times.

Nuclear threats, terrorism threats, war threats all vanished. Feel sorry for them.

 

[ahsan17]

So much has reversed with Modi. In congi times, we would stop playing cricket with Pakistan after terroism within our borders. Pakistan's actions remind me of those times.

Nuclear threats, terrorism threats, war threats all vanished. Feel sorry for them.

Seems like you are manufacturing threats out of thin air. When were those threats made at a state level? Those threats were made by armchair analysts online and on TV. And they are still making those threats, more so now in fact.

 

[Usman Chadda]

So much has reversed with Modi. In congi times, we would stop playing cricket with Pakistan after terroism within our borders. Pakistan's actions remind me of those times.

Nuclear threats, terrorism threats, war threats all vanished. Feel sorry for them.

Do you live in India?

 

[Thomaskutty]

This is a silly move by Imran. The local people will be silently seething at this.

Pakistani appetite for Bollywood has and always will be insatiable and unquenchable !

 

[blackanhyellow]

This is a silly move by Imran. The local people will be silently seething at this.

Pakistani appetite for Bollywood has and always will be insatiable and unquenchable !

Not really. Majority of bollywood movie watchers in Pakistan pirate it anyway, from the internet.

For those that dont have internet, there are literally little stalls open in neighborhood markets that have a guy on a computer. You bring your usb flash drive to him, or external hard drive and he can put as many movies hollywood / bollywood on it as you want for a very small fee.

 

[uberkoen]

Not really. Majority of bollywood movie watchers in Pakistan pirate it anyway, from the internet.

For those that dont have internet, there are literally little stalls open in neighborhood markets that have a guy on a computer. You bring your usb flash drive to him, or external hard drive and he can put as many movies hollywood / bollywood on it as you want for a very small fee.

Seriously? Do you live in some village or did you leave Pakistan back in the 90's and have never been back. This is not the case at all.

 

[blackanhyellow]

Seriously? Do you live in some village or did you leave Pakistan back in the 90's and have never been back. This is not the case at all.

lol okay.

Pakistan is not limited to modern urban centres of lahore or karachi.

I am from Peshawar. Other parts of Pakistan are also like this.

Pakistan probably has less than 200 proper cinemas for a population of 220 million people.

I was back there twice within the last two years.

 

[ReverseHit]

Oh boy we have come a long way, Pakistan - from covertly sending jihadis across the border in the 90s/2000s to stopping train service in 2019.

It almost feels like the roles have reversed - these are the kind of 'retaliatory' moves India would do after a major terrorist attack linked to Pakistan. I just hope India can deal with the fallout of these.

Btw I thought Bollywood movies were already banned? I guess just doubling down on the ban.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Oh boy we have come a long way, Pakistan - from covertly sending jihadis across the border in the 90s/2000s to stopping train service in 2019.

It almost feels like the roles have reversed - these are the kind of 'retaliatory' moves India would do after a major terrorist attack linked to Pakistan. I just hope India can deal with the fallout of these.

Btw I thought Bollywood movies were already banned? I guess just doubling down on the ban.

You want Pakistan to send jihadis, so you can cry some more?

Damned if you do, damned if you don't innit?

 

[slipcatch]

Oh boy we have come a long way, Pakistan - from covertly sending jihadis across the border in the 90s/2000s to stopping train service in 2019.

It almost feels like the roles have reversed - these are the kind of 'retaliatory' moves India would do after a major terrorist attack linked to Pakistan. I just hope India can deal with the fallout of these.

Btw I thought Bollywood movies were already banned? I guess just doubling down on the ban.

Trying to stop any hindutva infestation by stopping train coming across the border.

You know how customs works.

 

[Varun]

It had to take this non event to ban Bollywood movies. Sigh.

 

[ReverseHit]

Trying to stop any hindutva infestation by stopping train coming across the border.

You know how customs works.

I don't know where you got the idea that any Hindus are trying to come to Pakistan. Usually when I read the news, Hindus are generally trying to migrate in the opposite direction.

Anywho from my understanding, the train was mostly used by Indian Muslims to meet their relatives in Pakistan and vice-versa, or by medical tourists from Pakistan.

Here's a Dawn article with some photos when the last train left Pakistan, and all I see is a bunch of teary-eyed Pakistani women wearing abayas hugging Indian women (who I can presume are probably Muslim if they are related as the Dawn article states).

https://www.dawn.com/news/1498962

It's fine if the Pakistani government and the people want to cut off ties with Indian Muslims, but we just need to be upfront about who this move is affecting.

 

[ReverseHit]

You want Pakistan to send jihadis, so you can cry some more?

Damned if you do, damned if you don't innit?

I'm not asking Pakistan to send or not send jihadis, Chadda ji. Just commenting on how the WOT and the internationalization of terrorism has shifted policies.

Of course, Pakistan will do what it sees fit. India will react accordingly to that. If Pakistan sends in jihadis, like some of our forum members have wished here, it only works in India's favor by giving it a legitimate reason to amp up the security in Kashmir. If Pakistan does not send in jihadis, I think India can also work with that.

 

[Abdullah719]

After Bollywood content, Pakistan ban Indian TVCs

PEMRA has imposed a ban on all Indian TVCs on Pakistani television.

According to its latest statement, any Indian advertisements or ads featuring Indian actors/characters are now prohibited from being aired on electronic media.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Prohibition of TVCs produced in India / carrying Indian talent <a href="https://t.co/IOtZrqzcfi">pic.twitter.com/IOtZrqzcfi</a></p>— Report PEMRA (@reportpemra) <a href="https://twitter.com/reportpemra/status/1161647042265067520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"In the wake of recent escalation in tension between the two neighbouring countries on Kashmir issue, Government of Pakistan has announced to celebrate Independence Day on August 14, 2019 as 'Kashmir Solidarity Day', however at the same time, advertisements produces in India carrying Indian actors/characters/talent are being aired on Pakistani media, negating the state policy," says PEMRA in the latest statement.

The statement included 11 multinational brands whose content was banned from running on Pakistani TV "with immediate effect."

"Moreover, ban on airing of aforementioned advertisements shall remain in field till the time such advertisements are replaced by the advertisements produced in Pakistan, carrying Pakistani actors/characters/talent are duly approved by PEMRA through Pakistan Advertisement Society (PAS)."

https://images.dawn.com/news/1183505/after-bollywood-content-pakistan-ban-indian-tvcs

 

[MenInG]