{"id":23756,"date":"2021-10-24T07:48:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T07:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/pemra-wants-channels-to-refrain-from-displaying-hug-caress-scenes-in-dramas\/"},"modified":"2021-10-24T07:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T07:48:40","slug":"pemra-wants-channels-to-refrain-from-displaying-hug-caress-scenes-in-dramas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/?p=23756","title":{"rendered":"PEMRA wants channels to refrain from displaying \u201chug\/caress scenes\u201d in dramas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has directed TV channels to observe modesty and refrain from showing closeness and intimacy on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>The electronic media regulator issued a notice to all TV channels not to indulge in \u201cairing objectionable dramas\/content based on indecent dressing, caressing, bed scenes and gestures, sensitive\/controversial plots and unnecessary detailing of event(s).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter wp-image-77742 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/images\/2021\/10\/PEMRA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The notice stated that it is highly disturbing, distressing for the viewers and against the accepted standards of decency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the prevalent trends in the Pakistani drama industry, PEMRA is not only receiving complaints from the general public on the Pakistan Citizen Portal (PCP) and PEMRA Complaints Call Center and Feedback System but also criticised on social media\/WhatsApp groups,&#8221; stated the document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA considerable stratum of society believes that dramas are not depicting true picture of Pakistani society. Hugs\/caress scenes, extramarital relations, vulgar\/bold dressing, bed scenes and intimacy of married couples are being glamourised in utter disregard to Islamic teachings and the culture of Pakistani society,&#8221; it further continued.<\/p>\n<p>Following the notice, several social media users took to Twitter to share their thoughts regarding the decision. Many criticised PEMRA for finding mild intimacy between on-screen married couples more problematic than the portrayal of domestic violence and abuse in Pakistani dramas.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReemKhurshid\/status\/1451813898030620673?s=20<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh dear. Hugging, caressing, other intimacy in Ertugrul Ghazi<\/p>\n<p>Govt says Ertugrul is \u201ca great exhibition of Islamic culture\/faith\u201d but our regulator thinks depicting such conduct is against Pakistani values<\/p>\n<p>What do we do now, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reportpemra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@reportpemra<\/a>? <br \/>Please guide<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XuHBstv3nh\">https:\/\/t.co\/XuHBstv3nh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IjHd8Dt2LQ\">pic.twitter.com\/IjHd8Dt2LQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reema Omer (@reema_omer) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reema_omer\/status\/1451864502870237187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PEMRA finally got something right:<\/p>\n<p>Intimacy and affection between married couples isn\u2019t \u201ctrue depiction of Pakistani society\u201d and must not be \u201cglamourised\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our \u201cculture\u201d is control, abuse and violence, which we must jealously guard against imposition of such alien values <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MJQekyT1nH\">pic.twitter.com\/MJQekyT1nH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reema Omer (@reema_omer) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reema_omer\/status\/1451600005123432449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PEMRA is right.<\/p>\n<p>Hugs, caress scenes, bold dressing and intimacy between married couples shouldn&#39;t be glorified and should be banned as this is not our culture. <\/p>\n<p>Maulvi raping kids in madrassas, husband beating wives, thats our culture, now that&#39;s some cultural content.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anas Tipu (@teepusahab) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/teepusahab\/status\/1451912179393957889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/daanistan\/status\/1451644289092567050?s=20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the notice, several social media users took to Twitter to share their thoughts regarding the decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":23757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[727],"class_list":["post-23756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-pemra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}