(RSF/IFEX) – On 24 February 2004, a bomb exploded outside the offices of the national daily “Jang”, in Quetta, Baluchistan, western Pakistan, blowing out windows in neighbouring buildings. No one was injured in the blast at the conservative Urdu-language daily. “It is disturbing that some armed groups consider the media to be military targets,” said […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 24 February 2004, a bomb exploded outside the offices of the national daily “Jang”, in Quetta, Baluchistan, western Pakistan, blowing out windows in neighbouring buildings. No one was injured in the blast at the conservative Urdu-language daily.
“It is disturbing that some armed groups consider the media to be military targets,” said RSF after the daily’s office manager, Javed Iqbal, said that he had no doubt that “Jang” was the target of the bomb attack, a view shared by staff and police.
“We fear that such acts are intended to silence journalists covering news in this province bordering Afghanistan,” the organisation said.
According to a Quetta journalist, the Baluchistan Liberation Army, a separatist group, reportedly admitted responsibility for the bombing.
