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皇冠体育app premiere of one of the biggest movies since the pandemic, James Bond: No Time To Die, was jointly hosted by British High Commissioner Christian Turner and Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry at the Islamabad Club on Thursday (yesterday).

皇冠体育app red-carpet premiere was a high-profile event attended by Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari, Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar, Minister for Industries Khusro Bakhtiar, National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf, music legend Attaullah Khan and others.

皇冠体育app guests also attended a special Bond-themed reception. 皇冠体育app British High Commissioner and Minister for Information reiterated the deep ties between the UK and Pakistan and the potential for greater cultural exchanges, including in film and arts.

皇冠体育app High Commissioner announced a partnership with Patakha Films run by Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and the Scottish Documentary Institute. 皇冠体育app programme will work with 10 emerging female filmmakers to build their creative skills and help them produce short films with mentors from across Pakistan and the UK. 皇冠体育app films will be launched under the British Council鈥檚 initiative 鈥楴ew Perspectives鈥� to mark Pakistan鈥檚 75 years of independence next year.

Earlier in July, UK鈥檚 Bournemouth University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pakistan鈥檚 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for a collaboration in the areas of technology, media, animation and gaming.

British High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner, said:

James Bond is a cultural icon of the UK鈥檚 world-class film industry. As we mark Pakistan鈥檚 75 years of independence in 2022, I hope we can have even more collaboration between our countries in the creative industries; the new partnership with Patakha Films is an example of that.

Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry said:

I am grateful to British High Commissioner Christian Turner for his unequivocal support for restoration of international cinema in Pakistan. 皇冠体育app Bond premiere in Pakistan with cooperation of the British High Commission is a step forward for further cultural collaboration between Pakistan and the UK. I congratulate the teams of the both the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the British High Commission on successfully organising the premiere and screening of 鈥楴o Time To Die鈥�, the 25th instalment in the all-time favourite Bond series.

James Bond: No Time To Die releases countrywide in cinemas today, December 10 (Friday).

Sigma Motors, distributor of Land Rover, an official partner of the Bond film, provided support during the premiere with a Land Rover Defender exhibited outside the cinema.

Notes to editors:

1. British Pakistani Laraib Atta, daughter of music maestro Attaullah Khan (who attended the premiere as a special guest), did the VFX for No Time To Die. Laraib also recorded a special video message which was played at the premiere.

2. British High Commissioner Christian Turner was sporting an Omega watch at the premier in Islamabad, as was Deputy High Commissioner Mike Nithavrianakis in Karachi, courtesy the Swiss watch company.

3. A Bond-themed black tie event was held on December 3 at the British Deputy High Commission, Karachi. It was a star-studded affair attended by business leaders and celebrities including Humayun Saeed, Adnan Siddiqui, and Mehwish Hayat among others.

4. Next year marks 75 years of Pakistan鈥檚 independence. To celebrate it, British Council and British High Commission will launch 鈥楴ew Perspectives鈥�. 皇冠体育app initiative will support the youth with their ambitions, equipping women to succeed, and collaborating for a future that is environmentally, economically, and culturally prosperous.

5. 皇冠体育app James Bond franchise has featured Pakistan on multiple occasions. In the 2006 Daniel Craig debut, Casino Royale, Bond earns his stripes in the 鈥�00鈥� Branch by killing a traitorous Section Chief鈥檚 contact in a bathroom in Lahore. In the 1997 film, Tomorrow Never Dies, a senior executive of the Carver Media Group Network reports that his division is responsible for several floods in Pakistan. In the film 皇冠体育app Living Daylights (1987), Bond discovers that a hijacked plane is running out of fuel and is forced to perform an emergency touch-and-go landing in Pakistan.

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