Pakistan delays decision on movie that offended Islamists Pakistan's government has postponed its decision on whether to lift a ban on a movie that had offended hard-line Islamists in this Muslim-majority country, after asking a high council of clerics to weigh in on the filmCinema-goers buy tickets to watch a film at a local cinema in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Pakistan's government has postponed its decision on whether to lift a ban on a movie that had offended hard-line Islamists in this Muslim-majority country, after asking a high council of clerics to weigh in on the film. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)Cinema-goers buy tickets to watch a film at a local cinema in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Pakistan's government has postponed its decision on whether to lift a ban on a movie that had offended hard-line Islamists in this Muslim-majority country, after asking a high council of clerics to weigh in on the film. Their claims drew attention again to Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law, which carries an automatic death sentence for a conviction of insulting Islam.

Source: ABC News February 03, 2020 11:37 UTC