Pakistan invites UAE collaboration in entertainment industry

Pakistan invites UAE collaboration in entertainment industry
Pakistani customers look at the poster of the film "Main Houn Afridi" at a cinema in Karachi on August 23, 2013. (AFP/File)
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Updated 16 June 2022
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Pakistan invites UAE collaboration in entertainment industry

Pakistan invites UAE collaboration in entertainment industry
  • Information minister discusses cooperation with UAE ambassador
  • Pakistan is already exchanging films and television plays with Saudi Arabia

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday invited UAE filmmakers and investors to collaborate with Pakistani artists in the entertainment sector.

The minister was meeting UAE Ambassador Hamad Obaid Al-Zaabi to discuss cooperation in various sectors, including cinematography, as Pakistan has recently introduced a new policy to encourage more film production.

“We invite UAE’s filmmakers and investors to collaborate and invest in joint projects in film and drama sectors,” Aurangzeb said, as quoted in a statement issued by the information ministry.




UAE's Ambassador to Pakistan Hamad Obaid Al-Zaabi, center, calls on Pakistan's Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, right, in Islamabad on June 16, 2022. (Photo courtesy: Radio Pakistan)

Pakistan has been trying to tap into the Middle Eastern film production market and encourage collaboration, especially with countries in the Gulf, which are home to over 4 million Pakistani expats.

It has already moved to strengthen its cultural ties with Saudi Arabia by exchanging films and television plays.

Popular Pakistani drama “Dhoop Kinare” was dubbed in Arabic and aired in Saudi Arabia in 2020 and work on dubbing another two classics is also underway.