Pakistan started banning films in 1962, with restrictions tightened in 1979 when

Muhammad Zia ul-Haq General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law i ...

implemented an Islamization agenda and an even stricter censorship code. A ban on Indian films and media (which had been in place since 1965 but was not always strictly enforced) was lifted in 2008, with the compromise that cinemas in Pakistan must equally share screening time between Indian and Pakistani films, but was later enforced again in late 2016.

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Since February 2019, Pakistan has banned the screening of all Indian films amid border tensions between the countries.

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{{Banned films by country Film controversies in Pakistan

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