A day after Indian Air Force pilots attacked terror training camp on the Pakistani soil, Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that no Indian movie will release in Pakistan.
The Pakistan government further announced a boycott on "Made in India" advertisements in the country.
"Cinema Exhibitors Association has boycotted Indian content, no Indian movie will be released in Pakistan. Also have instructed PEMRA (Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority) to act against 'Made in India' advertisements," Chaudhry tweeted.
Cinema Exhibitors Association has boycotted #Indian content, no Indian Movie will be released in Pakistan. Also, have instructed PEMRA to act against Made in India Advertisements: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain pic.twitter.com/LPBqKgBWOm
— Govt of Pakistan (@pid_gov) February 26, 2019The move comes in the wake of air strikes by the IAF on Jaish-e-Mohammed's biggest terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province early on Tuesday in retaliation to the February 14 attack in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, which had left 40 Indian CRPF troopers dead.
In light of the current situation the team of Total Dhamaal has decided to not release the film in Pakistan.
— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) February 18, 2019Earlier, many Indian movie makers announced that they won’t release their films in Pakistan in the wake of Pulwama attack.
Besides, after the Pulwama attack, Indian film associations instructed filmmakers to avoid using any Pakistani talent in their movies.