{"id":4305,"date":"2014-07-04T13:20:31","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T08:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/?p=4305"},"modified":"2014-07-04T16:02:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T11:02:56","slug":"pakistani-tv-journalist-suffers-third-bomb-attack-four-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/pakistani-tv-journalist-suffers-third-bomb-attack-four-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani TV journalist suffers third bomb attack in four months"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Pakistani journalist escaped unhurt when a bomb exploded outside their home in Peshawar on Wednesday (2 July). It was the third attack on Jamshed Baghwan, the bureau chief of Express News, in four months.<\/p>\n
He saw men who arrived on a motorcycle planting the bomb, enabling him and his wife enough time to take cover before the bomb went off.<\/p>\n
A bomb was planted at his home in March this year, which was defused. A month later, masked men hurled a hand grenade at his house.<\/p>\n
It was the fourth attack this year on a journalist associated with Express News, an Urdu-language TV news channel.<\/p>\n
In January, three employees were shot dead in Karachi in an attack on a van. In March, presenter Raza Rumi was attacked in Lahore and his driver was killed.<\/p>\n
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists accused the authorities of failing to protect Baghwan despite it having been targeted twice before. It said: \u201cThe attack has further increased the sense of insecurity among journalists as its shows that police are not taking the attacks on media seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) also condemned the attack, saying it was deeply concerned by \u201cthe deteriorating security situation for journalists in Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n
The IFJ said: Pakistan\u2019s journalists are confronted by a horrific situation: a disturbing spike in violent attacks on individual journalists as well as the ruthless targeting of specific news outlets. Decisive action must be taken to improve their security.\u201d<\/p>\n