Pakistani cinema goers may soon get to watch their favourite Bollywood films if the government clears a proposal by its MPs to remove a ban on them.
Officially Indian films are banned in Pakistan, a prohibition dating back to the 1965 war between the two countries.
Authorities have made exceptions - three films were allowed in 2006.
Cinema owners in Pakistan are keen to screen Bollywood films, but local filmmakers fear an influx would harm the Pakistani film industry.
Now a parliamentary committee on culture has recommended to the government that the ban on Indian films should be removed.
"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 headed the committee told the Press Trust of India news agency.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7214679.stm
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