Film community protests draconian measures in screening procedure

Last week, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology issued a draft of Film Screening Procedure 2024. The draft, however, is receiving flak, especially from individuals of the film fraternity for being against creativity and freedom of expression.

The draft of the Film Screening Procedure comprises 17 rules, with rule number 4 being the most contentious. Rule 4 of the draft, which has 20 sub-rules, outlines conditions under which censor certification will not be provided to films.