{"id":5263,"date":"2021-02-25T10:03:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=5263"},"modified":"2021-02-25T10:03:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:03:23","slug":"pemra-issues-notice-to-dil-na-umeed-toh-nahin-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/25\/pemra-issues-notice-to-dil-na-umeed-toh-nahin-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"PEMRA issues notice to Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahin makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The makers of drama\u00a0<em>Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahin<\/em>\u00a0have been issued a notice by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority over \u201cinappropriate content\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5264\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PEMRA-issues-notice-to-Dil-Na-Umeed-Toh-Nahin-makers-rapid-news-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"PEMRA-issues-notice-to-Dil-Na-Umeed-Toh-Nahin-makers-rapid-news-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"910\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PEMRA-issues-notice-to-Dil-Na-Umeed-Toh-Nahin-makers-rapid-news-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews.jpg 910w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PEMRA-issues-notice-to-Dil-Na-Umeed-Toh-Nahin-makers-rapid-news-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PEMRA-issues-notice-to-Dil-Na-Umeed-Toh-Nahin-makers-rapid-news-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-768x422.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPEMRA has issued a notice to TV One over the content shown in the drama serial\u00a0<em>Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahin<\/em>,\u201d it said in a notification Tuesday. It did provide any further details.<\/p>\n<p>TV One has been given five days to review the content according to PEMRA\u2019s code of conduct and submit a report on its editorial board.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"cw\" align=\"left\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cVsrNR3KzD\">pic.twitter.com\/cVsrNR3KzD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Report PEMRA (@reportpemra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reportpemra\/status\/1364189475505602562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahin<\/em>\u00a0stars\u00a0Yumna Zaidi, Wahaj Ali, Yasra Rizvi, Nadia Afgan, Omair Rana and Samiya Mumtaz in lead roles. It talks about social issues such as human trafficking and child abuse. It has been written by Amna Mufti.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, PEMRA banned drama serials\u00a0<em>Jalan<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0repeat telecasts\u00a0of,\u00a0<em>Pyaar Ke Sadqay<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Ishqiya<\/em>, citing \u201cindecent content\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 desk\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The makers of drama\u00a0Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahin\u00a0have been issued a notice by the Pakistan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PEMRA issues notice to Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahin makers 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