Pakistan

PTI submits resolution against Japanese cartoon in Punjab Assembly

Party says cartoons like Doraemon have a bad impact on children and should be banned

Aroosa Shaukat August 03, 2016

Party says cartoons like Doraemon leave a bad impact on children and should be banned. DAILY MOTION SCREENGRAB

LAHORE: In a rather startling move, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Wednesday submitted a first of its kind resolution in the Punjab Assembly calling for a ban on famous Japanese anime series Doraemon.

PTI legislator 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.

The legislator argued that 24-hour cartoon channels are adversely affecting the educational and physical growth of children.

The resolution, which will be discussed in the next assembly session, claims the language used in cartoons run on channels is damaging societal norms.

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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.

Here's how people reacted to the news:

PTI submits resolution in Punjab Assembly against Doraemon cartoon. #Tabdeeli #DeadSerious #GoDoraemonGo
— Fahd Husain (@Fahdhusain) August 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/MastCalender/status/760761385085272064

https://twitter.com/QararaRasha/status/760762182741221376

Doraemon's TRP better thn TalkShowsJokers,there4 media running a smear campaign against fav Cartoon.#LoveYouDoraemon pic.twitter.com/cQTPwAqrBd
— Junaid Qaiser جنید قیصر (@JunaidQaiser) August 3, 2016

Doraemon reaction after PTI request to ban the cartoon. pic.twitter.com/9TsdgOST2L
— Jaffer A. Mirza (@jafferamirza) August 3, 2016

How strange PTI MPA start campaign against Doraemon cartoon in Punjab instead of KPK 😳 #PTIvsDoraemon
— Atif Rauf (@Atifrauf79) August 3, 2016

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.

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Chaturvedi is seeking a ban on the telecast of the two Japanese cartoons as he claims several medial reports highlight mental abuse and other serious adverse impact of these cartoons on kids.

Meanwhile, in 2014, Chinese newspapers cautioned their countrymen against Doraemon saying, Beware of this “blue fatty” — the Japanese are exporting their values through him.

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According to The New York Times, three major newspapers in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, fired accusations against Doraemon for its “political overtones” and being a tool of Japan’s “cultural invasion.”

Japan’s former foreign minister, Masahiko Komura, appointed Doraemon an “anime ambassador” in 2008 in the hope that the character would deepen the world’s understanding of the country.

COMMENTS (51)

Vivek | 8 years ago | Reply Didn't this political party find some other issue to be raised that is worth being discussed! Poverty, terrorism, corruption, standards of education and nation's development. There are 100s of issues to be raised but why did they chose this silly one? Is doremon that much threatening an issue for the current generation to be raised?!?! However, things like poverty, corruption, terrorism, standards of education and nation's development do really pose substantially bigger threat to the current generation. ###Gob bless Doremon and the kids ### ;-)

Yasser | 8 years ago | Reply Guru Vivekanand, I see Peace TV and I am proud of Zakir Naik and his preaching. He is an absolute gem and with his massive knowledge on all faiths and religions, he convince all the Non Muslim Preachers and holy men that Islam is a true, fair and best religion in the world.

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freed | 8 years ago | Reply Parents are to lazy to turn off the TV and talk with their children, they perfer someone else do it trough TV.

Jia rao | 8 years ago | Reply Doremon ROKS I dont think that cartoon can creat a bad imact on mind its our on mentality that we should take our self to rite or a rong way so stop this

Mohammad Baig | 8 years ago | Reply Why the children and the teen have no access to good faces.It has a major impact on the personality building while the children and the teen go through for a long time seeing and observing how to do their things and resolve their matter. We should have good faces for our children and the teen so they could realizes.

hameed | 8 years ago | Reply @Aadi: Exactly! Hope saner voices like you prevail.

Aadi | 8 years ago | Reply Typical Pakistani approach. Don't ask others for things supposed to be done you yourself. We have assign most of the tasks to Allah and rest to govt and no responsibility left for ourselves. I also dont like these cartoons and i dont let my children watch these and they are happy with it. You dont like it then dont let your children tune into this. Why you would ask govt to ban this stuff??? Who is govt to tell me what should be banned for me or my children.

Aqeel | 8 years ago | Reply Very Very Good step. A ban should be imposed on all such kind of cartoons and PEMRA should direct Pakistani media groups to start a cartoon channel based on our own Pakistani culture with a lively and good story background, at least a series of our own must be started and besides entertaining kids it should focus on character building as well. Rather than advocating this vulgar cartoon, People should welcome this good initiative.

Disney | 8 years ago | Reply If they want to ban cartoons for children than they should also open Disneyland for their entertainment.

shani | 8 years ago | Reply @Amreen: This is also related to our generation, dont be behave like patwari

Muneer | 8 years ago | Reply Language used in the Hindi dubbing is highly objectionable.Most of the families I know have either removed the channel from their TV or have stopped their kids from viewing this particular cartoon.A good job done by PTI.Atleast they have drawn attention towards its negative impact on children.

Malik Saab | 8 years ago | Reply @Kickass: Disgracing others, calling others as dumb, less intelligent and other mean things is what PTI followers can do. The followers of PTI have no respect. They think they are the most intelligent people on the planet. I feel sorry for the people like you. Remember your Pride is dragging you down and sooner PTI will be a thing of the past in Punjab.

ajeet | 8 years ago | Reply Ban the book behind most of the trouble in the world today.

Whatever | 8 years ago | Reply PTI is the biggest cartoon itself.What about the language of Imran Khan that he uses in his speeches.He's even worse than Doraemon.

Abeer | 8 years ago | Reply @Fahim: :D same here. I like the fact that you also mentioned "at that time"

Abdul-Rehman Iqbal | 8 years ago | Reply Cartoon kam karo bachon ko creative chizon ky taraf lagao.

Guru Vivekanand | 8 years ago | Reply @Atiqe, there is more filth on "Peace Tv". Hope you do not allow it at your home.

Guru Vivekanand | 8 years ago | Reply Actually, what Imran is asking for is very logical. What I am amused at is people reacting to it the wrong way. I have seen doreamon and it's one of the worst cartoon for a child to watch. Nobita, the second lead character after Doreamon, is a kid who is lazy, lies, tries to find short cuts in life, has a girl friend or dreams of Suzuka as her girl friend and future wife. Now, you show this story line to a kid for six months and tell me, what do you expect his imagination to be?. I have a family doctor whom I met this Saturday and you won't believe it was Doreamon and the bad impression it was having on children he talked about. Please ban Doreamon and hope India follows too.

Kushal | 8 years ago | Reply @raw is war: No.Their concern is that their kids may not become "freedom fighter" at all and grow up as any other normal kid in other parts of the world.

Muhammad | 8 years ago | Reply Very good. My 4 year old had been watching this since last 2 months andI was shocked how much these things affect childrens behavior. From a kid who really enjoyed studying he started using the cartoon characters words and lost interest in his homework. I finally tuned the channel out one day when he said he doesn't want to go to school anymore and was trying to go out of home to play out in street just like the character escapes home and roam on streets all day. Its our responsibility as parents that we see what we feed in to our childrens minds even more carefully than we do in case of food.

Amreen | 8 years ago | Reply PTI gon mad!! try to focus on real issues rather that these stunts,

Kickass | 8 years ago | Reply @Malik Saab: You are a confirmed dumb person.

raw is war | 8 years ago | Reply Kids are becoming terrorists because of this cartoon?

Rollin & Trollin | 8 years ago | Reply Won't work anyway ! If and when Afghanistan starts running the same cartoons on their network, one might find some Hindi creeping in across K-P.

Arifq | 8 years ago | Reply Tabdeeli agai hai

Riaz | 8 years ago | Reply Noby's experiences remind him that taking the easy way out of a tough situation never pays off, but it's a lesson he quickly forgets in time for the next misadventure. Even though Noby's not the most willing student, Doraemon's attempted positive influence on him reminds kids of the value of working hard, having good manners, and making thoughtful decisions. Sometimes characters yell at each other or laugh at one another's misfortunes.

سے Shaam (Hanafi) | 8 years ago | Reply Please ban Hindi movies and also English movies and entertainment channels. That way Pakistan can stand aloof and improve.

Hardliner | 8 years ago | Reply Actually well done.........!! I don't know if the original version is as bad as the Hindi Dubbed........... Ghatiya words are used in the most ghatiya of accents.......... deserves a ban!

Mazhar | 8 years ago | Reply i am strongly agree, Doraemon is creating very negative impact on kids. This cartoon just tell story of a boy who cant do anything. It should be banned.

Techlist | 8 years ago | Reply We highly prefer to watch SEE TV cartoons "JAAN" they are more suitable for children. And Yes Doraemon in hindi dubbed are not good. JAAN cartoon are in Urdu and good for ethics. Must recommend for kids.

Eagle | 8 years ago | Reply Haha. I fear that kids might initiate a "Kids Next Door" type campaign, against adults.

Faheem | 8 years ago | Reply In Schools and Collages Student are Beaten and Punished to study no one say anything about it., They are Forced to Study and no one say anything about it. Up to Inter Cheating in Pakistan is Common and no one say anything about it. Now they Blame Cartoon For Being Bad for Children.

Kheyal Chaudhry | 8 years ago | Reply Commendable move. There is no constructive idea in this Cartoon. Only superficial, dreamy characters like a boy who doesn't listen his parents, a boy who bullies his fellows and snatches their gadgets/toys etc which extremely lack entertainment and learning. Moreover, the Cartoon is dubbed in Hindi language while we teach our children to speak Urdu.

Fahim | 8 years ago | Reply I love Jhonny bravo in my childhood. He was my role model at that time

Noman | 8 years ago | Reply My Kids love Doremon Cartoon but I've noticed it's showing vulgar content. All the time a male kid is running behind a female kid to impress her because he fell in love with her at such a small age, which can affect child's mentality.

Ch. Allah Daad | 8 years ago | Reply Banning will not solve anything. Children are much smarter than their parents, they will find out other means to spoil themselves. If there is anything which should be banned is PTI's vulgar language, trolling, trash talk and abuses.

Malik Saab | 8 years ago | Reply According to the logic of PTI we should ban Cartoon Network and infact all Cartoon channels. Because "Tom and Jerry" as it is the most violent series of all time. Poor Jerry is beaten with everything possible and then Jerry do the same to Tom. Anyway these are the priorities of PTI. If PTI will be wiped out from the next elections in Punjab, then it will not be a surprise for me. The politics of banning, fear mongering, personal bashing and dharna will not work. But unfortunately PTI will never learn.

Mrs Noman | 8 years ago | Reply Thanks God finally some one has taken good step against cartoons

Raghu | 8 years ago | Reply Thank God some one took action against these cartoons. Every kid on the street speaks like a gunda.

Anjum | 8 years ago | Reply I appreciate PTI move , at least any party thinks about the sever impacts of these filth over our children.

ahmad | 8 years ago | Reply The prayers of the parents have been answered

Atiqe | 8 years ago | Reply Thats good, But what about filthy Indian Religious Cartoons e.g. Chota Bheem, Krishna, Arjun etc airing all day long in "Islamic Republic of Pakistan". Why not put a resolution against them? first. They are poisoning our children. And what about Hindi dubbed cartoons airing all day in Pakistan which is destroying our national language. Please put resolution against them too. And for God sake start making good entertainment material for Kids. There is good children programs produced by Pakistani channels thats why children are forced to watch this filthy crap on TV. Parents are also responsible for letting children watch this filth on TV, but they are also helpless because there is no good alternative available for entertainments. Children are being snatched from streets and parents are scared to let there children play outside. Govt./Pemra must step in for the sake of our future generations and take action against such material. Concerned Citizen/ Parent

Furqan | 8 years ago | Reply I completely agree. Specially with hindi dubbing. I have seen the results at my own home.

Ali | 8 years ago | Reply Totally agree! Highly unsuitable for children

lol | 8 years ago | Reply 99% of the parents are sick of this dumb cartoon which is ruining kids. hope they ban it for good!

London Banker | 8 years ago | Reply Anything dubbed in Hindi should be banned.

Brainy Bhaijan | 8 years ago | Reply PTI is a complete joke.

Ali | 8 years ago | Reply Well lets Pemra panel do the evaluation of cartoon to see if indeed contains violance.All kids in my family are fan of this mentioned cartoon.

roadkashehzada | 8 years ago | Reply that wht happens when one gets too close to JI

Hanif | 8 years ago | Reply Please block them

Beenish | 8 years ago | Reply A much needed ban.. The channel playing these cartoons should actually be banned because all other programs they play are even worse. Hope this gets done soon.

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