"We have banned Indian advertisements and launched a crackdown on CD shops to confiscate Indian movies," Firdous Ashiq Awan, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information.
August 14, which Pakistan celebrates as its Independence Day, will this time be observed in solidarity with the Kashmiris and their struggle for their right to self- determination, according to government notifications.
Ghafoor also dismissed a statement by the Indian Chinar Corps commander - in which he accused Pakistan of being "involved in disrupting the peace in Kashmir Valley" - as "usual blatant lies".
This is not the first time that a ban on Indian content has been imposed.
