Central Board of Film Censors
The Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC; Urdu: مرکزی ہیئت برائے ضوابطِ فلم) is a film censorship board and rating system body under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting for the Government of Pakistan.[2] These boards are tasked with regulating the public screening of films under the provisions of the Motion Picture Ordinance, 1979.The Motion Pictures Ordinance, 1979 focuses upon a broad policy framework and administrative procedures for the certification of films for public screening.[3] The film censorship code covers wide aspects of "morals and ethnics" which lays down the guiding principles for cinema in Pakistan.Strict policy has been adopted to ensure that no scene or dialogue in a film is passed which is considered "derogatory to the accepted moral standards of the society".