Pakistan has banned advertisements for contraceptive products on television and radio over concern that they expose inquisitive children to the subject of sex. Advertisements for condoms and other forms of birth control are rare in Pakistan. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) said it was acting in response to complaints from parents and its ban covered all contraceptive, birth control and family planning products. Provincial population welfare departments regularly run campaigns to educate citizens on the benefits of various forms of birth control. The ban came despite a government initiative to encourage birth control in Pakistan, a conservative Muslim country of 190 million people where talking about sex in public is taboo.

Source: The Guardian May 29, 2016 01:30 UTC