On
February 5, I blogged about three vicious bomb blasts in Pakistan in the
previous two days—“one in Lower Dir that wounded three reporters on Thursday,
and Friday’s double attack in Karachi that we’re still investigating.” I argued
that media companies in
Pakistan
must start taking responsibility for protecting their employees in the field. I
had trouble rounding up names and numbers of those hurt in the second
Karachi blast, at
Jinnah
Hospital, left, but the
Pakistan Press Foundation
(PPF), which is based in
Karachi,
has come up with a tally of 12
journalists
and media workers injured. PPF is a go-to organization for us, a place where
I always check in when I’m in
Karachi.
If you’re a
Pakistan
media watcher, it’s a fundamental, extremely reliable source to have bookmarked.
