Minister slashes ticket price for drive-in cinema.

ISLAMABAD -- Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday ordered a drastic reduction in the ticket price for the drive-in-cinema from Rs1,000 per car to just Rs50.

The minister passed the directive while inaugurating the first ever drive-in-cinema of Islamabad in F-9 Park.

The CDA, in collaboration with Jazz and ActiveMedia, has set up the drive-in cinema for one month to provide an entertainment facility to the citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The minister directed that the ticket should be Rs50 only. 'This is final, [I am saying this] as minister interior,' he said.

The minster appreciated CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed, adding: 'Amir is a very talented officer, so I would say one [drive-in-cinema] is not suffice.'

He said he had already directed Nadra to cancel weekly leaves of its staff, adding during his visit to the CDA he would also ask the chairman to reduce the leaves in the civic agency. The minister said police pickets have been removed from roads in the capital and the police would be doing its jobs by using modern technology.

The CDA...