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Pak reverses ban on Oscar contender 'Joyland'; to be screened with 'minor cuts'
Updated On: 18 November, 2022 12:18 PM IST | Los Angeles | IANS
Pakistan`s censor board had granted a censor certificate to the film on August 17, but that was overturned on November 11 by the Information and Broadcasting ministry on the basis of written complaints that the film was "repugnant"
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`Joyland` is set to have a joy ride in Pakistan. The Shehbaz Sharif government has reversed its ban on Saim Sadiq`s Cannes-winning Oscar contender, reports `Variety`, quoting a senior adviser. Salman Sufi, head of Prime Minister Sharif`s Strategic Reforms unit, who has been a vocal opponent of the ban revealed the news on Twitter. He said the film will now be allowed to be released, albeit with some minor cuts.
"The decision is a simple yet powerful message that the government stands by freedom of speech and safeguards it, and cannot allow mere smear campaigns or disinformation to be used as choking creative freedom," Sufi said, according to `Variety`.
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