{"id":6010,"date":"2022-11-15T05:04:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T05:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2022-12-10T05:06:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T05:06:57","slug":"npr-pakistan-on-ban-11-15-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/npr-pakistan-on-ban-11-15-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan’s prime minister orders review of ban on Oscar-entry ‘Joyland,’ an aide says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pakistan’s prime minister orders review of ban on Oscar-entry ‘Joyland,’ an aide says: <\/h1>\n

ISLAMABAD \u2014 Pakistan’s prime minister has ordered a review of the ban on the country’s Oscar entry, the movie Joyland, days after the measure was imposed, one of his advisers said.<\/p>\n

The movie, which features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, is Pakistan’s entry for next year’s Academy Awards and was a prizewinner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n

But the film has caused controversy in Muslim-majority Pakistan and state censors last week banned its showings at movie theaters, reversing a previous all-clear for release.<\/p>\n

According to a tweet late on Monday from Salman Sufi, an adviser to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, a high-level committee is being set up to assess Joyland and review the ban.<\/p>\n

Transgender people are considered outcasts by many in Pakistan, despite some progress with a law that protects their rights and a landmark Supreme Court ruling designating them as a third gender,<\/p>\n

“The committee will assess the complaints as well as merits to decide on its release in Pakistan,” Sufi tweeted. He could not immediately be contacted for more details.<\/p>\n

The movie’s director, Saim Sadiq, called the ban “unconstitutional and illegal.”<\/p>\n

Joyland was scheduled for release in Pakistan on Friday.<\/p>\n

View this article at NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan’s prime minister orders review of ban on Oscar-entry ‘Joyland,’ an aide says: ISLAMABAD \u2014 Pakistan’s prime minister has ordered a review of the ban on the country’s Oscar entry, the movie Joyland, days after the measure was imposed, one of his advisers said. The movie, which features a love story between a married man
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