News Summary

• Lazawal Ishq, billed by its makers as “Eternal Love”, brings together eight Pakistani contestants, four men and four women, together in a luxury villa in Istanbul.
• Critics have called the show ‘un-Islamic’, arguing that unmarried men and women living together under constant camera surveillance violates social norms in Pakistan.
• A petition in court demanding a nationwide ban for spreading “obscenity and moral corruption” has been filed.
• The first episode has drawn more than 1.1 million views, and episode 12, released yesterday, has been watched over 75,000 times.