PESHAWAR, Aug 03 2006: The city police set on fire hundreds of ‘obscene’ film CDs and posters at Chowk Yaadgaar on Aug 02 evening. Police torched CDs of Pashto, Punjabi, Urdu, Indian and English films, stage dramas and songs and posters of film actresses, and even some cricketers. Police officials claimed that the CDs had obscene movies. The ‘anti-obscenity’ drive in the city was launched by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal after it formed the provincial government.
Source: Dawn
Date:8/3/2006
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