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This was definitely a stupid move from PTI MPA and Punjab Assembly leader - A PTI Supporter

This is really stupid. I say this because I watch Doraemon almost everyday with my kids and Doraemon is one of the most scientific, imaginative and clever series for the kids. Where other cartoon series is just about superheroes or something but this one helps child learn and imagine with the new doraemon's gadgets and funny too. I see no reason to ban this. There are bigger problems than this.

How about banning Indian movies and songs of a enemy country, Mr. Imran Khan. But you dare not, because this will displease your Indian actors friends, whom you need to collect Rupees, Dollars and Euros.

I think it's a good move. They should also ban other originally Hindi language and Hindi dubbed cartoons. I have seen kids speaking Hindi language instead of speaking proper Urdu. Kids' minds are easily permeable and thus there should be some restrictions for them. I also want to goad parents to restrict their children to watch these types of programs which have permanent impact on kids' attitudes and behaviors.

I am surprised if people are surprised on this move from PTI

We should absolutely discuss what our new generation watches and wat shapes their aspiration. Nothing wrong with discussing that. Uk did the same after London riots and there was a fairly direct correlation made between young minds being influenced by the media content. Thus should culminate into healthy debate.

I wonder how many of those with tweet opinions above, have actually watched this cartoon doramon ? I know I haven't. What if there is some thing in them you would rather not have you kids watch it , every day?

The purpose of the child cartoons is generally education in a light mode especially for little kids. I myself like to watch these cartoons but I have to agree with others that it pollute our national language, and make hero of someone who don't want to do any homework!!! I believe we should look at other countries and see what kind of programs do they run.

A right move, I was told by my western educated wife ..many months before that she has banned this cartoon as it is weird .....Some one must do a study on this cartoon...

I urge PTI to ban political talk shows. That may be more productive. On the other hand, translation and language of cartoons could be done in Pakistan to conserve Urdu. Regarding the protection of children, Imran Khan's own way of speaking is abusive enough to do the damage.

Every time an iissue is raised...everyone in Pakistan jumps up to say " we have greater issue...or resolve such and such first " Why ? We should address everything that we can. For women whose children will go around stabbing people in the knees...plz understand that its not funny and not ok . Secondly ..certain .cartoons r being spoken against not only in Pakistan but in the countries they originate from. There is a lot of objectionable stuff going on in them. Language...violence...hidden inuendos about sex and homosexuality...nudity... All this done in the garb of childrens programmes. And children r an easy target

@Arif Maroof Why is it a stupid move ?

Absolutely agree with PTI, well done! We definitely need to ban such a content that makes our children forget their own culture! When our showbiz industry can produce all kinds of drama content, why not something good to teach our own children?

Our children don't watch Doraemon, specifically because we see so many small children using Hindi words in their language which, in our opinion at least, hinders their lingual development by overloading them with Urdu, Punjabi, English and Hindi words. other people surely have an issue with the cultural impact because of the language. Still, I don't think this issue is something MP's need to raise in the Parliament, and this comes from someone who supports PTI in most issues. By the way, is there no capable enough production house in Pakistan who can dub Doraemon in Urdu?

@Arslan Khan You don't want to kids enjoy their childhood ? .

Well done PTI, you are restoring our faith in politics!

No we are not loosing any faith, your opinion doesn't apply on all Pakistanis.

Imran dont become TRUMP of Pakistan where your own party will disown you. There are much more important issues facing Pakistan then what you and PTI is wasting time on.

Many people have actually commended this resolution! Parliamentary representatives are voice of aggrieved members of society whatever the grievance may be, in any shape or form.

It is their final showdown, after failing to get NS resignation atleast Government should accept their this childish demand .

Instead of telling and educating our kids about diversity,difference cultures,religions and acceptance of people difference from us we want to maintain our so called social norms and present to them a monochrome view of world and then we wonder why and from where extremism rises

I guess its the dubbed Hindi version that is objectionable but so are the Hindi dubbed cartoons on Nickelodeon. The sleeping regulatory body needs to wake up and notice what our future generations are watching.

I also agree it should be banned,hate the noises when my children watch it,but its the dubbing in hindi which is annoying

mainly its the hindi dubbing which is annoying,hate it when my children watch it,english dubbing is alot better than hindi

Doremon should not be banned

For god sake, stop taking everything lightly, my younger sister used to watch and my mom was strictly against that stopping her every time, with the reservation that the kids in that never does his homework, always gets immoral ways around getting the difficulty solved and was always looking up for flirting opportunities. No moral lesson is there for kids in that. And that's BEFORE PTI pointed this out, no we want our next generation to be morally unaware?

As far as most fans should be concerned, Doraemon is practically banned in North America for several reasons: 1. When Viz Media, the licensor, reviewed the mangas in the first place, it turned out to have large amounts of crude humor and perverted moments, so they refused classification. 2. Same thing for the TV series. When I looked at many episodes, they appeared to have content that would be beyond inappropriate for younger viewers. 3. As a result for #1 and #2, Doraemon never aired in most English-speaking countries. 4. That meant the only way fans could watch Doraemon is by downloading the episodes. However, on November 2008, nearly ALL Doraemon videos were taken down from YouTube for copyright. 5. To today, there are NO Doraemon DVDs selling in the North American market. Thus all of this proves why Doraemon is banned in the US.

The funny thing going on here is that people who even do not watch this "doremon" thing are shouting to the top of their lungs that "bad move bad move" off-course they at-least got something to talk about IK. Where were these same faces when he took a stand for rigged elections? judicial commission? or our most talked about Panama leaks? People are pouring in their comments for taking a step to ban the cartoons that got a language atleast i will never teach my kids "bhagwaan".."shapat" (oath)".."Agni parikhsha" and so much crappy literature. I do not care if it gets ban or not it is on me to decide and control to what my kids watch and learn. But i m disgusted to see people's reaction! It is utmost disgrace for kids to learn Pure Hindi other than Pure Urdu language and Dialect! Think about it please!

Good Move PTI..... It should be banned because this cartoon makes psyche of kids to have such kind helper in doing things right and by this kids creativity is being harmed.... if they watch this cartoon more, they will have permanent psychic nature of being dependent on someone to help them out....

Non-stop cartoon channels are a real problem: kids now sit for far too long leading to many health issues, including lung clots, obesity, lack of physical sports and even poor social skills. People tend to have a problem with nearly everything here and feel compelled to shoot down any attempt to curb basically anything. I really like the old PTV times of 4-11PM with one program to suite every taste. Made sure that kids went out, and went to bed early. Now you hardly find a family where kids go to bed on time.

@Gulraiz Khan Would you not be delighted and be in glee when English kids or Indian Kids speak Urdu words?

A child psychologist can explain better the affects of cartoon character on the behaviour of a child. Linking it with politics is bad.

I thought it is satire. they seriously want it banned

After reading feedback from parent on two of DAWN articles, I take back my comment. It seems to be a common issue for every parent who is involved in parenting. It is good of PTI to highlight it but still I think BAN should not be a solution. There should be other ways to manage it.

Comments speak about the animosity or sympathy towards PTI or IK. Especially IK has nothing to do with it but comments are directed towards him. This speaks about our divisions. We aren't discussing issues but taking sides based on personalities and personal biases. Let's grow above it.

Doraeman is an idiotic cartoon character, especially after being translated to urdu. All the gestures it makes start with a cry. If your children are seeing this cartoon you will see a visible change in your children behaviors, as they will start their demands by weeping or crying, same as this character. So save your children from this cartoon, save your children behavior.

@fida USA What are you on about? You've lost the plot totally!

Its a positive move by PTI ... Creative material should be telecast for Childs

@Arif Maroof doraemon is banned in 50+ countries you can search on google because they show stupid stuff in it

@fida USA Why does everything have to be linked to India? People are critizing a cartoon being politized when we have huge infant mortality rates, sectarian killings and starvation. See my point?

I thinks its a good move.Specially if the cartoon is dubbed in Hindi .whats wrong ppl.why making fuss

My two little daughters use Hindi words when speaking. I don't mind it but giggle at them. After all it is a language and spoken by my fellow citizens of the subcontinent. Anyhow I am a diehard insafian and will always be with IK.

@umair OMG. Such a good comment you have made. Kudos

Who is the winner in this debate (Doraemon). I never watch this cartoon. Now I have to . Thanks to PTI.

@Arslan Khan Tell me honestly, have you ever missed to watch an Indian film from Bollywood...!!! Be honest and ethical....

This is a bigger problem then all other problems as its affecting our children, the future of the country. Cartoons on cartoon network need to go through a censorship process, they are the worst cartoons I have ever seen. Children learn everything from TV these days and easily get influenced. I'm shock how are nation keeps saying on every action that we have bigger problems then this. Some people will always stay negative!

Among corruption, lawlessness PTI believe that this is an issue as well. Nothing wrong with it

You cann't expect anything better from IK,

I strongly agree with PTI on this. I have seen my kids glued to TV watching doraemon and other hindi-dubbed cartoons. What are they learning? nothing !

@salma Very well said !!

I dont know how many people here commenting are having school going kids but anyhow i fully support this move. there are so many reasons for which this cartoon should have been banned long before. It about a character Nobita who do not believe in hard work, he always go to school late, he never do hi homework in time, he always try to impress a child girl Shizuka, he always try to tackle things through cadgets of Doraemon. So i strongly believe that no parent in this world would like to raise their children like Nobita.

I am an Indian. I hate Doraemon cartoons. These characters do not have the innocence that we usually see in cartoon characters. I can also include Ninja Hatori, Chin Chan and Krishna rollno 21 in these ugly cartoons. I see a lot of comments giving an Indian&Hindu angle to hate these cartoons. Please spare at least cartoons from your Indian/Hindu/Hindi hate.

I do't have much issue with Doraemon but there are other cartoons which have been dubbed with such bad language which is not acceptable at all. Cartoon such as Oggy and the Cockroaches which have no dialogues, yet they have been dubbed in a language, which even Indians call it a "tapori" language. Teachers of kinder garden have launched complaints that children are using words of tapori language in class rooms. Exposure to the outer world is good but it should not be at the cost of your's future generation.

Thank God ! Good to see, someone has addressed our national problem, Urrrghhh !!!

Well it's a great step taken by PTI. Hatts off to Imran Khan. I don't know why a little minority of our people behave so alien when our own, Pakistani culture is tried to be protected. I've myself seen Doraemon's immense negative impact on children. When people behave in this way, I'm forced to think what kind of nation we are..?? Brainless People will criticize every rational move.

My niece use to love this show, somehow I managed that she dont watch, my reason are, I do not want my 5 year old kid to develop opposite sex affection as the main kid had overwhelming feelings for girl in the series, and i definitely do not like them to learn Hindi more then Urdu.. People with their grudges have to have anything to spill out the hatred filed inside them that's what these trolling guys do, and hats off to Mr. Arif Maroof who gave his valuable comments on the top while evaluating the suitability of the show I happened to have watched couple of shows as well, I think Mr. Arif referring to scientific learning like super human strength, doing magic to win affection etc..

@Israr My dear friend 80% of your urdu is using HINDI words as it is, Then what you say about that

issue is hindi language, not cartoons, kids should be encouraged to watch cartoons in English, this way they would pick a language worth learning.

Attending non-issues!

My daughter in India has watched Burka Avengers for quite some time and she learnt urdu words, but we never objected, I love urdu as our official language was urdu for a really long time in Indian history. I love my history, Pakistanis must learn to respect their history.

I wonder how many of those with tweet opinions above, have actually watched this cartoon doramon ? I know I haven't. What if there is some thing in them you would rather not have you kids watch it , every day?

I wonder how many of those with tweet opinions above, have actually watched this cartoon doramon ? I know I haven't. What if there is some thing in them you would rather not have you kids watch it , every day?

hahahahahhahaha....Ohhh please PTI. get Mature! there are many other threats to deal with (facepalm)

Well I guess! There should be a complete research over what is shown on TV. IF Doreamon is bad, There is no other good cartoon as well for kids, There should be a look over on Cartoon network by PEMRA. Why not Pakistan create their own cartoon shows? Now, after really a long time our film industry has really improved, there should be a Pakistan cartoons as well, which are dubbed in urdu and have healthy content for kids.

Never thought a culture would be that fragile or feeble which could be destroyed by a few foreign language words used in a program. Maybe they shold bleep those words. LOL

Cartoons with Hindi narration should be taken off air.

So, we have a Cartoon, IK, Bachha Log, pardesi cartoons na dekho, hamare ghar mein itna bada cartoon hai, aap hamare desi cartoon ko dekhe aur enjoy kare...

@NZ '"Media Content"" dosent mean cartoons only Pal!

The problem is not with the cartoon but with Hindi language. If that the case then ban all Hindi channels in Pakistan. Then feel secure. Most of the Urdu words are from Hindi. Would you remove them?