"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. Sethi's arrest and detention caused an international uproar."
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Y Rosser, Indoctrinating Minds: Politics of Education in Bangladesh. 2004 , 126
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