PM-formed body asks censors to review Joyland.

ISLAMABAD -- The fate of Oscar nominated, Joyland, hangs in the balance, as a special committee formed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to evaluate complaints filed against the recently banned film recommended that the Central Board of Film Censors should conduct a full board review and take a final decision about its suitability for screening in the country.

The Urdu film was banned for being 'indecent and immoral', almost a week before its release.

The committee comprising minister for political affairs, economic affairs, and law and justice, minister for information and broadcasting, minister for communications, minister for board of investment, minister for information technology and telecommunications, adviser to the PM on Gilgit-Baltistan, PTA chairman and Pemra chairman met on Tuesday.

A notification earlier issued by PM House regarding the formation of the special committee suggested that it would 'consider the complaints against the said film being...