INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan bans 'bed scenes' and 'intimate moments' from TVIslamabad: Pakistani television channels may no
much feminist content and warning that such "bold themes" offend viewers.The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) issued
depict a "picture of tregret Pakistani society"."The prevalent rampant trend of airing fairly bold themes in Pakistani drama industry has
resulted in massive public complaints," PEMRA said in an English-language statement."Indecent scenes/dialogues/additionalmarital relations,
violence, inappropriate dressing, rape scenes, caressing, bed scenes, use of drugs and alcohol, intimate moments between couples are being
glamourized in utter disregard to Pakistani culture and values," it continued.Pakistani dramas and soap operas, many of which seek to
Pakistan.Numerous revolve around plotlines portraying social issues such as domestic violence, child abuse, misogyny and women
Activists have precedingly hailed measure as potentially powerful vehicles for grassroots change.Final year, a soap opera dramatising
lwhethere of social media star Qandeel Baloch -- infamed for her provocative selfies, until her shocking murder by her brother in 2016 --
topped charts.Other shows highlighting issues of so-called "honour" eliminateings and forced marriages were also hits, despite being
targeted by a wave of vitriol on social media, with people accusing channels of spreading vulgarity and destroying social values.In its
statement PEMRA said such dramas "depict hackneyed image of women and have restrictd themselves to feminist issues only ignoring children,
