Pakistan Orders TV Dramas to Censor Hug & Kiss Scenes

On October 22nd, Muhamad Tahir, the Director-General of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), ordered local tv channels in Pakistan to censor “objectionable content” in their television dramas. The objectionable contents refer to scenes that include "indecent dressing, caressing, bed scenes and gestures, sensitive or controversial plots," even when displaying married couples. The purpose of this order is reportedly to protect the viewers from content that violates "standards of decency." The decision received criticism online. Reema Omer, a Pakistan-based human rights lawyer, responded in a tweet saying, “PEMRA finally got something right: intimacy and affection between married couples isn’t ‘true depiction of Pakistani society’ and must not be ‘glamorized.’ Our ‘culture’ is control, abuse and violence, which we must jealously guard against imposition of such alien values.”

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Pakistan Orders TV Dramas to Censor Hug & Kiss Scenes

Location: Pakistan