A delegation of the film fraternity held a meeting with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday and presented him with a new draft of the New Motion Pictures Act 2014. The new act will be brought to Parliament in a couple of days and once accepted by the majority, it will replace the 1979 Motion Pictures ordinance.
Notable actors, producers and exhibitors including Fakhre Alam, Humayun Saeed, Javed Sheikh, Nadeem Mandviwalla, Rashid Khawaja, Amyn Tahir, Bilal Asharf, Feeza Ali Mirza, Zeba Bakhtiar, Azaan Sami Khan and Mazhar Zaidi to name a few, were present at the occasion.
The industry representatives said it was the positive changes in policy introduced by the PPP that eventually resulted in the current boom being witnessed by the Pakistani film industry.
Fakhre Alam, chairman of the Sindh Censor Board, shared a draft of the New Motion Pictures Act 2014 with all the attendees of the meeting.
“We talked about giving more concessions to the Pakistani film industry and the development of more studios and cinemas to ensure that it becomes an investor-friendly environment,” said the former rapper-turned Censor Board chairman.
