Morning shows in Pakistan are churning out farcical content. Some of them are shaming women for 'not allowing husbands to marry twice' while others are calling dark-skinned girls 'habshan' and 'negros'. Thanks to PEMRA though for finally realizing that it exists.
- Morning shows in Pakistan are
- often criticized for the absurdity of their content
- From live weddings to glorification of polygamy,
- there seems to be no end to the farcicality
- Beauticians are invited to these shows to
- ‘clean’ the brides whose skin colour is not ‘fair’
- In a morning show a few months ago,
- dark-skinned girls were referred to as ‘Negros’ and ‘habshan’
- In another morning show, Aamir Liaquat appeared
- with his second wife Tuba Aamir
- While answering a question, he started blasting
- his first wife Bushra Aamir for not allowing him
- to get married for the second time
- The host, Sanam Baloch, gladly joined him in criticisng his first wife
- They talked about how un-islamic it is for a wife
- to not let her husband marry for the second time
- Recently, PEMRA advised the morning shows
- to make their content ‘sensible’
- The statement observed that these shows rely
- primarily on subjects revolving around ‘matrimonial issues,
- wedding, dances, fashion, and private lives’
- It took PEMRA long enough to take notice
- of the objectionable content,
- but better late than never