Enlightment Moderation: The curtain lifts for Bollywood in Pakistan

In the process of enlightment moderation, Pakistan's parliamentary committee on culture recommended the lifting of the ban on Hindi films. "We have devised a mechanism for allowing the import of Indian films for a period of one year, after which the arrangements can be reviewed," Senator Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry, who heads the committee, said. The recommendation now awaits cabinet approval, which is expected to come soon.

Details are unclear, but it appears the import of Bollywood movies is conditional on India importing an equal number of Pakistani movies.
The ban on Bollywood movies was imposed in 1965, following the India-Pakistan war that year. But movies continued to be smuggled into Pakistan. Video parlors and shops stocked pirated DVDs and CDs, catering to the massive appetite of Pakistanis for Bollywood films. They could watch the latest movie less than a week after its release in India.