Mass media in Pakistan

"For example, in Peshawar and other cities, newspapers offices are often trashed by madrassa trained youth in retaliation for some perceived transgression. Also when Nawaz Sharief was prime minister, he ordered the arrest of Najam Sethi, the editor of Lahore newsweekly. The Friday Times, simply for being critical of the ruling party, the Muslim League. Sethis arrest and detention caused an international uproar."

"What is peculiar to Pakistan, …as a few independent voices have bravely noted, is that art and culture are not free, no matter how high is their quality and [no matter] how respectful they are of Islam (as the film [] is). Groups such as Tehreek-e-Labbaik are officially condemned, yet in fact they keep an entire country hostage, and the government is too weak to resist them."