{"id":31622,"date":"2017-11-18T01:24:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T20:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=31622"},"modified":"2017-11-18T01:24:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T20:24:24","slug":"struggle-for-freedom-of-speech-wins-as-verna-to-be-released-uncut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=31622","title":{"rendered":"Struggle for \u2018Freedom of Speech\u2019 wins as Verna to be released uncut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lahore, Nov. 18 (TNS):<\/strong> Freedom of speech prevailed as Shoaib Mansoor&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Verna<\/em>\u00a0is releasing in Pakistan without any cuts to the film.<\/p>\n<p>Central Board of Film Censors Chairman Mubashir Hasan confirmed to Images that the CBFC has passed Verna &#8220;without any cuts or mutes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;It is confirmed that film\u00a0<em>Verna<\/em>\u00a0has been declared suitable and fit for public exhibition. CBFC has issued censor certificate to the producer. CBFC has regulatory jurisdiction [over] cinema houses located in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and those located in the cantonment areas across the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Hum Films&#8217; PR representatives, the film will screen in Sindh, Islamabad and cantonment areas across the country, but awaits a No Objection Certificate in Punjab. Director Shoaib Mansoor himself also confirmed to Images that the film is releasing uncut in the above-mentioned areas.<\/p>\n<p>Hum Films&#8217; PR team confirmed that the film is releasing internationally on schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The Information Ministry cleared Verna for a nationwide release without any cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the CBFC was said to have banned\u00a0<em>Verna<\/em>\u00a0due to &#8216;unanimous objections&#8217; raised by a panel of CBFC on the film.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31623\" src=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Capture.jpg 531w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Capture-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Capture-349x420.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore, Nov. 18 (TNS): Freedom of speech prevailed as Shoaib Mansoor&#8217;s\u00a0Verna\u00a0is releasing in Pakistan without any cuts to the film. Central Board of Film Censors Chairman Mubashir Hasan confirmed to Images that the CBFC has passed Verna &#8220;without any cuts or mutes&#8221;. He said, &#8220;It is confirmed that film\u00a0Verna\u00a0has been declared suitable and fit for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lahore","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31625,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31622\/revisions\/31625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}