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Banning Indian Content In Pakistan: Are the strategies enough?

The endless war between India and Pakistan has reached its brim after a break of nearly a decade. The different scenario encountered this time is that Pakistan has decided to answer India by banning the Indian content being aired in Pakistan; something which was needed from a long time.Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has decided to crackdown on the illegal Indian DTH (direct to home) channels. The Punjab government is collaborating on this issue in implementing this strategy. Not only this but Pakistani Cinema has also decided not to screen Indian content in response to the displacement of celebrities working in India.  Although these strategies seem quite effective yet there are many questions which need to be answered. PEMRA needs to decide the magnitude of the shows which are currently being on-aired as nearly all of the private channels conglomerates  have dedicated a separate channels to "legally" telecast the Indian content. Here it should a