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Since Khan's party appointed him last week,
Chohan has caused a number of rows, including with his visit to
the grave of a man sentenced to death for killing the governor
of Punjab in 2011, and with critical remarks about Nargis, a
popular Pakistani singer and actress.
"If any vulgar billboard is found at any cinema in Punjab after
three days, there will be a fine in first place, and if any one
didn't comply, that cinema will be shut down," Chohan told a
public meeting in the eastern city of Lahore.
"Is there any humanity that you print half-naked women and put
them on big billboards?" he said.
Khan's election victory in July was helped by strong support
from Islamist parties. Chohan joined Khan's Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf, Justice Movement from the Islamist party
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.
"It's pure moral policing," the left-leaning politician and
rights activist Ammar Rashid said on Twitter.
(Reporting by Asif Shahzad; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
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