WASHINGTON: The Uni­ted States has assured Pakistan that it does not want to sever bilateral ties with this important ally while Islamabad extended its “wholehearted support” to the US-backed Afghan offer of peace talks with the Taliban. The two statements supplement renewed efforts to improve relations between the US and …

Bollywood star Anushka Sharma’s upcoming film Pari has been banned in Pakistan. Chairman Central Board of Films Censors Islamabad Mubashir Hassan confirmed the news and said, “it (Pari) flouts various sections of the existing rules and code of CBFC. Innumerable dialogues and scenes are against the established religious, social and …

After Akshay Kumar starrer Padman faced some vile criticism from the country’s Federal Censor Board which refused to give its nod for its release, Bollywood star Anushka Sharma’s Pari has been flogged more or less, under the same banners as well. Owner of Atrium Cinemas, Nadeem Mandiwalla, said that the …