A
Pakistani
court
has
dismissed
a
petition
challenging
the
exhibition
of
Vishal
Bhardwaj's
'Haider'
in
Pakistani
cinemas.
Lahore
High
Court
Justice
Shams
Mahmood
Mirza
yesterday
dismissed
the
petition
filed
by
Iftikhar
Ahmad.
"This
is
not
the
right
forum.
The
petitioner
should
better
approach
the
censor
board," the
judge
observed.
Ahmad
pleaded
that
the
exhibition
of
film
'Haider'
was
illegal.
He
said
it
was
against
the
ideology
of
Pakistan
and
the
two-nation
theory.
It
was
also
aimed
at
defaming
the
Pakistani
army,
he
argued.
A
law
officer
argued
that
the
petitioner
should
better
first
contact
the
relevant
body,
the
central
censor
board,
before
moving
the
court.
'Haider'
starring
Shahid
Kapoor,
Shraddha
Kapoor,
Tabu,
Kay
Kay
Menon
and
Irrfan,
is
a
modern-day
adaptation
of
William
Shakespeare's
tragedy
Hamlet,
set
amidst
the
insurgency-hit
Kashmir
conflicts
of
1995
and
civilian
disappearances.
The
film
released
in
India
on
October
2.
PTI