Wednesday’s session of the Punjab Assembly witnessed a first of its kind resolution, submitted by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), calling for ban on famous Japanese anime series Doraemon.
In his resolution, MPA Malik Taimoor Masood urged Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to impose a ban on Doraemon or limit its airtime as it contains explicit content which has a bad impact on children.
Masood argued that 24-hour cartoon channels are adversely affecting the educational and physical growth of children. The resolution also claims the language used in cartoons run on channels is damaging societal norms. The resolution will be discussed in the next PA session.
Doraemon is a Japanese manga series and is dubbed in Hindi for viewers in Pakistan and India. The anime series revolves around a robotic cat named Doraemon and a young boy Nobita. It is aired on various cartoon channels.
PTI submits resolution in Punjab Assembly against Doraemon cartoon. #Tabdeeli #DeadSerious #GoDoraemonGo
— Fahd Husain (@Fahdhusain) August 3, 2016
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PTI and Doraemon have a go at each other. #PTIvsDoraemon pic.twitter.com/aDBv1k9zwf
— Saadi (@saadify) August 3, 2016
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I do not understand logic of banning Doraemon. How does it harm our society?
— Ali Raza (@AliRazaTweets) August 3, 2016
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maybe PTI is afraid of Doraemon’s gadgets ????????#PTIvsDoraemon
— Nu Ray (@noorsheikh456) August 3, 2016
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A journey from Go Nawaz Go to Go Doraemon Go. What a progress.
— Jibran T. Siddiqui (@jibransiddiqui) August 3, 2016
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Doraemon,Nobita,Shizuka,Takeshi,Suneo announce protest & Dharna in front of Punjab Assembly after PTI’s resolution. pic.twitter.com/IUmp23CcgW
— Junaid Qaiser (@JunaidQaiser) August 3, 2016
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The move comes after Ashish Chaturvedi, the whistleblower of India’s biggest education scam, voiced concerns against two of the world’s most famous Japanese cartoon characters – Doraemon and Shin Chan. Chatuvardi feels the adverse psychological impacts of the two Hindi and English dubbed ‘violent’ cartoons are grappling a whole generation of kids across India and the world, according to the Times of India.