Saim Sadiq’s Cannes award-winning drama was briefly banned in Pakistan after social conservatives in the country targeted the film with a social media campaign.
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Salman Sufi, an aide to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif who was vocal in his opposition to the earlier ban, took to Twitter Wednesday to celebrate the reversal:”The film #Joyland has been cleared for release by the Censor board review committee formed at the direction of [Prime Minister Sharif],” he wrote. “Freedom of speech is fundamental right & should be nourished within ambits of the law.”
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