 It's
been over a month since Pakistan's Central Board of Film Censors was devolved
into the Punjab Censor Board and Sindh Censor Board.
Earlier, the Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC) worked
under the federal ministry of culture. After the passing of the
18th Amendment, however, the screening of films became a
provincial matter, and the power to give clearance to the
screening of films went to the Punjab Censor Board and the Sindh
Censor Board.
The rules and regulations, however, are yet to be finalised
and both these boards have so far just been dealing with the
censoring of local films.
The CBFC is still giving permission to Indian and
Hollywood films for screening after censoring them. This means
that the CBFC gives clearance certificates to any film to be
screened across the country. The rules are yet to be made, and
it may be possible that an Indian or Hollywood film is allowed
to be screened in Karachi and banned in Lahore, as two different
censor boards will censor the film, an official from the
CBFC told The Express Tribune.
So far, though, the situation is different. He said that
Punjab and Sindh are both censoring local films, and if a film
gets a clearance certificate from either of the two boards, it
can be screened countrywide.
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