Reuters first with news of attacks in Pakistan’s heartland

When two suicide bombers struck the biggest Sufi shrine in Pakistan on July 1, Reuters reported the news 15 minutes before Bloomberg and 21 minutes ahead of Associated Press. At least 42 people were killed and more than 175 were wounded in the late-night attack in the city of Lahore. Thanks to swift reporting from its Lahore stringer, Reuters was by far and away first to report on an incident that will pile fresh pressure on the government to tackle a new wave of militancy in Punjab, the very heartland of the state.