*LAHORE – Punjab government mulls option of shutting down cinemas acrossthe province showing vulgarity.*
*Punjab’s information minister Fayaz ul Hasan Chohan has announced that hewill shut down the cinemas in Punjab if ‘vulgar’ billboards are found atany of them.*
Since Imran Khan’s party appointed him last week, Chohan has caused anumber of rows, including with his visit to the grave of a man sentenced todeath for killing the governor of Punjab in 2011, and with critical remarksabout Nargis, a popular Pakistani singer and actress.
“If any vulgar billboard is found at any cinema in Punjab after three days,there will be a fine in first place, and if they don’t comply, that cinemawill be shut down,” Chohan told a public meeting in Lahore.
“Is there any humanity that you print half-naked women and put them on bigbillboards?” he said.