No show for Ek tha tiger in Pakistan

The members of censor board decided to ban the screening of the movie of Ek Tha Tiger after a screening held at the Cineplex theatre at Rawalpindi.
More than 25 to 30 members were present during the screening of the movie of Ek Tha Tiger on Thursday afternoon. The members watched the movie between 3pm to 6pm and after which a final decision was taken by the authorities that the film cannot be screened in the Pakistan theatres.
Sheikh Amjad Rasheed, IMGC global entertainment pvt limited (the distributor of the film in Pakistan) says, “The movie has been banned in Pakistan. People in Pakistan were eagerly waiting to watch the movie during the Eid. There were more than 28 theatres blocked to screen the movie. The censor board official took the final decision on Thursday evening after watching the movie. The saga of Ek Tha Tiger’s release in Pakistan has been controversial. When the news of Ek Tha Tiger getting banned in Pakistan hit the headlines several weeks ago, there were rumors that the film had, in fact, not been banned. PEMRA authorities had denied the existence of a letter stating the movie had been banned from screening in Pakistan. The director of the movie also tweeted that he had received no such letter from PEMRA and the story of Ek Tha Tiger’s ban in Pakistan was apparently over.
But when the excitement of the movie reached its peak, just before Eid holidays (when the movie was set for release) Pakistan’s censor board banned the screening of the movie from Pakistani theaters because of a negative portrayal of the controversial ISI in the film.