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Three bogeys of Khushal Khan Khattak Express were derailed as a result of the blast.
The incident took place near Thul station and the train was going to Peshawar from Karachi.
According to an eyewitness, around 200 people were injured.
The injured were taken to nearby hospitals for medical assistance. Three of the injured were reported to be in critical condition. Thul Civil Hospital, where most of the injured were taken for treatment, is 15 km from the site of the attack. Emergency was declared at the hospital.
Another bomb was found only 10 feet away from the blast site but Bomb Disposal Squad has not reached the site as yet.
Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique ordered an investigation into the explosion. He also asked General Manager railways Anjum Pervez to speed up the recovery work.
Rafique further asked the inspector general for a report on the blast. He also announced Rs0.5 million compensation money for the families of the deceased.
Pervez informed Express News that information centers were set up in Jacobabad, Sukkur and Lahore.
A relief train from Rohri was sent to the site of the explosion.
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Should not Imran and Nawaz hold peace talks with Baloch as well ? Offer peace a chance ? You have been fighting Baloch for the last 65 years and it did you no good ..so why not talk peace with your own people ? ..Offer them Autonomy like FATA/Warizistan ?
After all you bought Baloch land from Oman for money, without Baloch people;s consent....what happened to their right to self-determination?
Should not Imran and Nawaz hold peace talks with Baloch as well ? Offer peace a chance ? You have been fighting Baloch for the last 65 years and it did you no good ..so why not talk peace with your own people ? ..Offer them Autonomy like FATA/Warizistan ?
After all you bought Baloch land from Oman for money, without Baloch people;s consent....what happened to their right to self-determination?
a grate nation, indeed!
@sabi: Indeed, and these BLA, BRA are openly foreign funded groups and people responsible for destablization in Baluchistan and Pakistan in general.Sooner the state will take strict action the better it is for state and nation.
@A J KHAN: How do you know that Brahamdagh Bugti has done this terrorist act? If Balochistan is still part of the Pakistan, because our two main stream parties have tried to solve Baloch separatist movement with political maneuvering which no General is capable to achieve.
Brahamdagh Bugti founding chief of Baloch Republican Army is living in comfort of Switzerland. was declared a terrorists organization by Government of Pakistan, but political Parties both PPP and PML N made them heroes to let down Musharraf. Pakistan is the victim of its inept political leadership. They have never gone above their petty politics.
Half dozen attacks on passenger trains from the start of this year that I read. What's the fault of these innocent children and civilians? We became insane and specially our puppet leaders!
3 children from the same family killed? And what have these Baloch separatists gained from such murder? Did this family not deserve a peaceful life as citizens of Pakistan?
In the end 'revolutionaries are the biggest losers whether armed groups or perpetrators- in the guise of pseudo intellectuals, fake politicians or so called religious scholars.Talks with them will never bring peace in this country.Only and only option is ruthless use of force.