NYT:
A senior official at the Ministry of Culture said the play âpollutes young mindsâ and âshould not be shown anywhere in Pakistan.â The Senateâs cultural committee concluded a venomous debate by issuing a recommendation that âplays not hurt the feelings of anyone.â
Everyone in the play, by the radical company Ajoka, wears a burka. Burqavaganza had run at the National Art Gallery in Islamabad, was banned, and then mounted again in defiance of the banâthe company said it would do another show, but then went ahead with another performance of Burqavaganza.
The money quote, from an official in Pakistan's Culture Ministry: "This is an Islamic democracy, not a working democracy."