Consider this part of 'garnishing enough support'.
Not only do I have an issue with the blasphemy law, in this case I also have an issue with how it was applied, and the individuals involved in getting the authorities to apply it.
There is a difference between wrong and illegal. I have nowhere argued that what Abbasi/the news did was illegal. It was morally questionable.
As for laws needing to be respected merely because it is law, not really. For example, if a dictator, as in recent memory, imposed laws restricting media, was the action of various journalists in resisting and condemning such laws wrong?
That is not the question i asked.
Can you tell me which journalists 'broke' any PEMRA laws? Protesting does not imply they were 'breaking' laws. They were beaten up and held back but none of them were charged with anything. This dude wasnt protesting against the blasphemy law, he was BREAKING/VIOLATING it and is arrested, and hopefully charged (after a fair trial) for his crime.