PAKISTAN DOES NOT OPPOSE JOLIE MOVIE
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[ September 14th 2006 ]

Pakistan authorities have issued a statement addressing press reports that government officials had halted shooting of A Mighty Heart because the crew had not obtained permission to film scenes in Islamabad and Karachi.

"The government has not opposed the movie but formal permission is required to avoid security problems," said interior secretary of Sindh provincial government Ghulam Mohammad Mohtaram.

"They did not follow the proper procedure and it could have caused security problems. Once they get the authorisation we will provide them proper security," he concluded.

A Mighty Heart stars Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie who plays Mariane Pearl, a wife who embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan.