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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Aide: Pakistani PM orders review of ban on Oscar-entry film

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pakistan's prime minister has ordered a review of the ban on the country’s Oscar entry, the movie “Joyland,” days after the measure was imposed, one of his advisers said.

The movie, which features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, is Pakistan’s entry for next year’s Academy Awards and was a prizewinner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

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