Pemra bans drama ‘Accident’

The Pakistan Digital Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has imposed a direct ban on the airing of the drama ‘Hatsa’ on non-public TV.

In a tweet by Pemra, it was acknowledged that the group acquired many complaints relating to the content material of the play from social media and different sources, following which the play was banned.

In response to the assertion, the mentioned matter was referred to the establishment’s Committee Council of Complaints, imposing a direct ban on the ‘accident’ beneath Part 27 of the PEMRA Act.

The assertion mentioned that the Council of Complaints will take an in depth determination relating to the drama beneath PEMRA’s guidelines and rules, however until then the drama might be banned from airing.

Pemra’s assertion made it clear that the story of the ‘accident’ was not related to Pakistani society, therefore a direct ban was imposed on its airing.

Earlier, frequent individuals together with social media customers additionally demanded PEMRA to ban the drama ‘Hatsa’.

The drama is alleged to be based mostly on the incident of a lady who was gang-raped following being kidnapped on a motorway close to Lahore in 2020.

Within the 4th, fifth and sixth episodes of the mentioned drama, the scenes of Hadiqa Kayani being kidnapped on the motorway, raped following which being handled within the hospital have been proven.

Hadiqa Kayani performs the position of a lady who’s gang-raped following being kidnapped from the motorway, whereas her husband is performed by Ali Khan.

Solely following the fourth episode of the drama aired, individuals raised an uproar over it and demanded its ban.

Nonetheless, following individuals criticized the play and demanded its ban, Hadiqa Kayani claimed in her social media posts that the story of the play just isn’t in regards to the motorway rape case.

The actress, in her explanatory assertion on Instagram and Twitter, mentioned that earlier than working in ‘Accident’, she repeatedly requested the group of the drama whether or not her story was in regards to the ‘motorway rape incident’. To which he was answered within the detrimental.

She had written that she might by no means be part of any venture by way of which any human being was harm.

Hadiqa Kayani wrote that following re-reading the story of the ‘accident’ and questioning the group, she concluded that the story of the play was not in regards to the ‘motorway rape incident’.