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MINGORA: Film shows and other forms of entertainment returned to Swat district on Monday, after about three years.
On the first day of Eid a new Pashto film was released in two cinema halls which ran three daily shows.
Authorities did not allow the late-night show because of curfew. Another cinema house is likely to reopen in a few days.
People queuing up to buy tickets for ‘Gul Soorey Soorey Kram’ had to undergo a thorough body search.
On Tuesday, police had to use batons to disperse a large crowd which had gathered outside a cinema. Because of the disturbance the first two shows at the hall were cancelled.
Entertainment business in Swat suffered huge losses over the past three years.
The Taliban had forced dancers and musicians and owners of video and audio shops to either abandon their work or leave the district.
Early this year, they killed dancer Shabana and hung her body from a lamppost in a chowk.
Now after the successful military operation, dancers are returning to their homes and most video shops have reopened.
Shops dealing in garments and cosmetics for women are doing a roaring business.
People offered Eid prayers in local mosques while the main congregation was held in Saidu Sharif for administration and army personnel under tight security.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...ashto+film+released+in+swat+on+eid+day--bi-07
after three years... finally freedom... pakistan zindabad
On the first day of Eid a new Pashto film was released in two cinema halls which ran three daily shows.
Authorities did not allow the late-night show because of curfew. Another cinema house is likely to reopen in a few days.
People queuing up to buy tickets for ‘Gul Soorey Soorey Kram’ had to undergo a thorough body search.
On Tuesday, police had to use batons to disperse a large crowd which had gathered outside a cinema. Because of the disturbance the first two shows at the hall were cancelled.
Entertainment business in Swat suffered huge losses over the past three years.
The Taliban had forced dancers and musicians and owners of video and audio shops to either abandon their work or leave the district.
Early this year, they killed dancer Shabana and hung her body from a lamppost in a chowk.
Now after the successful military operation, dancers are returning to their homes and most video shops have reopened.
Shops dealing in garments and cosmetics for women are doing a roaring business.
People offered Eid prayers in local mosques while the main congregation was held in Saidu Sharif for administration and army personnel under tight security.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...ashto+film+released+in+swat+on+eid+day--bi-07
after three years... finally freedom... pakistan zindabad
