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After the five decisions, and stopping of Samjhauta Express, Pakistan has banned Indian content in Pakistan.
“No Indian cinema will be screened in any Pakistani cinema. Drama, films and Indian content of this kind will be completely banned in Pakistan,” Firdous Ashiq Awan, an adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said in a tweet.Awan, special assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Information and Broadcasting, shared this action was in retaliation to India’s abrogation of the Constitution’s Article 370 (Source: The Express Tribune)
The local talent and industry are not that great. And, that is why Indian movies have always been more popular there. Here is a very interesting set of reactions by the normal laypeople after the Pakistani government put a ban after the Balakot strike.
It is not just the lay people who want to watch the Indian movies, even the local stars and directors admit that their own industry is not capable of competing with Indian cinema.
To take out all Indian content seems rather foolish for Pakistan internally. But one can understand that the Pakistani government wants to show some action. And hitting at something which is very popular in Pakistan is a very visible action to everyone.
That is all to it. Otherwise, everyone knows what Imran Khan’s relationship ha been with Bollywood. He was always the playboy who loved to date Bollywood heroines. Here is an extract from Reham Khan’s. Imran Khan’s ex-wife, book.
“Considered to be one of the sexiest heroines of all time, there had been rumours of Imran and her. We had heard these whilst we were growing up. Imran confirmed to me that they were true. Though Imran was happy to sexually engage with actresses, he and the family clearly thought little of them. He recalled with a smile how his mother had been called by the newspapers, asking about the actress. She had replied, ‘My son would never marry a prostitute!’ and slammed the phone down.
And, not just that, Imran Khan admitted to Reham Khan that the now Pakistani PM had fathered kids in India. Five that he knew of!
Because all those women were married, they never came out with it. He shared with Reham Khan that the eldest kid in India was 34 years now.
“He grinned mischievously. “There are 5 in total, that I know of.’
‘Five what?!’ I gasped.
‘Kids,’ he laughed.
‘What? You have five illegitimate children! How do you know?’ I asked.
‘Well, the mothers told me,’ he said.
‘All White’s?’
‘No, some are Indians. The eldest is 34 now.’
‘How Imran? Why did the mother not come out with it?’
‘Because she was over the moon! She had been married for ages and couldn’t get pregnant. She was overjoyed, promised to keep it a secret, and begged to keep it. So I said OK.’
‘And the rest? Why did they never speak?’ I fired at him.
There were so many questions in my head. ‘Well, because they were all married and they didn’t want their marriages to be destroyed,’ he said.”
This is how Pakistani mindset works and thinks. Given this, one wonders why Indians even entertain these scumbags?
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
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