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| Babak wants end to ridiculing portrayal of Pashtuns |
| 2008-04-23 |
| NWFP Information Minister Sardar Hussain Babak has asked federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman to stop the “ridiculing” portrayal of Pashtuns on Pakistan Television and private television channels. In a letter sent to the federal minister, Babak said that since its inception, the PTV had been presenting plays, shows and comedy programmes which portray the Pashtuns in a negative manner with an intention of making fun of their culture, language, vocations and sensibilities. The PTV dramas represent Pashtuns as uneducated and uncultured domestic servants speaking Urdu in a distorted way, he said, adding that Pashtuns consider this type of stereotyping an insult to them. He expressed hope that Sherry Rehman would take steps to end this tradition of the PTV authorities. |
| Posted by:Fred |