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Banned Pakistani Film ‘Javed Iqbal: The Untold Story Of A Serial Killer’ To World Premiere As Opening Night Of UK Asian Film Festival

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EXCLUSIVE: Javed Iqbal: The Untold Story Of A Serial Killer, which was banned in Pakistan two days before its scheduled release in theaters, will now see the light of day as the opening movie of the 2022 UK Asian Film Festival.The premiere will take place on May 4 at London’s BFI Southbank.

The film depicts the untold story of Lahore’s notorious serial killer, Javed Iqbal, who confessed to police and media that he had abducted, sexually abused and murdered more than 100 boys in Lahore between 1998 and 1999.

He was arrested and sentenced to death. But just two years into his sentence, he allegedly committed suicide in his prison cell.

The authorities suspected his horrific crimes were part of a wider paedophile ring in operation.The movie was eagerly awaited in its native Pakistan but after a preview screening in Karachi it was abruptly pulled by the government’s Central Bureau of Film Censors, despite it initially receiving censor approval.

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