Journeys to democracy

Three journalists lost their lives in the blasts that rocked Quetta on Jan 10. Here’s a moving obituary in Baloch Hal for one of them, Saif-ur-Rehman, a reporter for Samaa TV. Below, some tweets from a young journalist friend from Lahore:

No proper training, no life insurance, unpaid/low salaries yet performing their duties and dying. Salute to brave journalists of #Pakistan — Shiraz Hassan (@ShirazHassan) January 10, 2013

Apparently, “Breaking News” killed three media workers/journalists today. #Pakistan #Media — Shiraz Hassan (@ShirazHassan) January 10, 2013

Rest in Peace, Saif-ur-Rehman. Samaa TV’s reporter lost his life while performing his journalistic duties. #Quetta twitter.com/ShirazHassan/s… — Shiraz Hassan (@ShirazHassan) January 10, 2013

Jamal Tarakai from Quetta confirmed death of Photographer Mohammad Iqbal of NNI News agency. RIP. #Quetta #Pakistan — Shiraz Hassan (@ShirazHassan) January 10, 2013

RIP, Imran Sheikh. Samaa TV’s Cameraman martyred while performing his duty. #Quetta #Pakistan twitter.com/ShirazHassan/s… — Shiraz Hassan (@ShirazHassan) January 10, 2013

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