Censors ban TV show over rape scenes that ‘tarnish’ Pakistan where sexual violence is endemic
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The drama would cause overseas viewers to wrongly ‘perceive Pakistan as [an] unsafe place for women’, the country’s media watchdog said. Sexual violence is endemic in Pakistan and the rape conviction rate in the country reported to be as low as 0.3 per cent.