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Pakistan's film industry is in collapse

EMPTY HOUSE: The Odeon Cinema has been showing the same movie for three years.

Reporting from Lahore, Pakistan - The Odeon Cinema's creaky, ripped red vinyl seats are mostly empty except for a couple of back rows where a dozen Pakistani men sit slouched, their eyes half-open, legs slung over the seats in front of them. Full Article at Los Angeles Times

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  1. LAHORE, PAKISTAN - JUNE 14:  A man yawns in a near empty theater during a Punjabi film at the Metropole theater June 14, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan.
  2. LAHORE, PAKISTAN - JUNE 12: A Pakistani student sits in front of the blast site of the Dar-ul Aloom Jamia Naeemia religious school  where a  suicide bomber killed moderate Cleric Sarfraz Naeemi June 12, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan.
  3. Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (L) celebrates after beating Australia in the ICC World Twenty 20 cricket match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England on June 8, 2009. Sri Lanka beat Australia by 6 wickets and qualify for the Super 8's stage while Australia exit the competition.
  4. LAHORE, PAKISTAN - MARCH 30:  The halls of the Manawan police training school are seen after a siege on March 30, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan. The armed group stormed the academy just outside of the city leaving 18 dead according to Pakistan's Interior Ministry, with nearly 100 injured.
  5. LAHORE, PAKISTAN - MARCH 30:  Pakistan security forces talk amongst themselves during a siege by terrorists at the Manawan police training school on March 30, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan.
  6. LAHORE, PAKISTAN - MARCH 15:  PML (N) leader Nawaz Sharif addresses journalists at his residence whilst under house arrest on March 15, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan.
  7. LAHORE, PAKISTAN - MARCH 06:  A PML - N security guard looks on as he listens to Nawaz Sharif's speech during a protest rally on March 6, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan.
  8. LAHORE, PAKISTAN - MARCH 05:  People light candles and pray as they pay their respects at a floral tribute to the people killed in Tuesday's attack at the Liberty Square roundabout on March 5, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan.
  9. LAHORE, PAKISTAN - MARCH 03: A bullet hole remains in the Sri Lankan's International cricket team coach after it was attacked on it's way to Gadaffi Stadium on March 3, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan.

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