Pakistan boycotts 'Zero Dark Thirty', US dramas
January 30, 2013  01:15
AFP reports: Pakistani movie distributors and TV stations are boycotting an Oscar-nominated film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden and popular US dramas to avoid offending sensibilities or sparking a violent backlash. Pakistan may have a starring role in Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty', which dramatises the 10-year CIA hunt for the 9/11 mastermind, but local cinemas are steering clear of a film they say could make people feel humiliated.

Similarly, a local cable distributor is blocking transmission of the smash hit dramas 'Homeland', starring Claire Danes, and 'Last Resort' on the grounds they are against the national interest.
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