Decline of Cinema Theatres
Since 1995, the government of Pakistan has kept a close eye on the decrease of cinema halls and theatres in the country. Below is a chronological index of cinemas in Pakistan from 1995 to 2002. The country boasted 750 cinema theatres in 1990 (even more before then), but that number had declined to 175 by 2002. The remaining cinemas are reported to be in very poor condition, and in desperate need of attention. Numbers below do not include cinemas in Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas.
| Province/Division/District | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||||||||||||
| Peshawar District | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | |||||||||
| Mardan District | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Kohat District | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Dera Ismail Khan District | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Bannu District | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Hazara District | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mansehra District | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Malakand District | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Baluchistan | |||||||||||||||||
| Quetta District | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Zhob District | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Sibi District | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Kalat District | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Makran District | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Nasirabad District | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||||||
| Lahore District | 67 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 62 | 56 | 56 | |||||||||
| Sialkot District | 25 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 09 | |||||||||
| Faisalabad District | 42 | 42 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 34 | |||||||||
| Rawalpindi District | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 18 | |||||||||
| Multan District | 56 | 56 | 53 | 50 | 50 | 47 | 46 | 39 | |||||||||
| Gujranwala District | 61 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 64 | 66 | 69 | |||||||||
| Sargodha District | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bahawalpur District | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 27 | |||||||||
| Dera Ghazi Khan District | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Karachi District | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 53 | 46 | 45 | 43 | |||||||||
| Hyderabad District | 35 | 35 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 13 | |||||||||
| Sukkur District | 27 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||
| Larkana District | 21 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
| Mirpur Khas District | 25 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | Islamabad Capital Territory | ||||||||
| Islamabad District | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
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