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Mastung blast derails 6 bogies as Jaffar Express targeted 2nd time in a week​


Abdullah Zehri
August 10, 2025

No loss of life was reported after a bomb blast on a railway track in Balochistan’s Mastung district derailed six bogies of the Jaffar Express, an official said on Sunday.

With a rise in terrorist attacks over the past few years, Balochistan has seen a series of incidents where militants blow up train tracks, targeting the province’s transport infrastructure.

Muhammad Kashif, public relations officer of the Pakistan Railways’ Quetta division, told Dawn.com: “A bomb attached to the railway track exploded loudly, derailing six bogies of the train. Fortunately, there was no loss of life.”

The incident occurred near the Spezand station in Mastung’s Dasht tehsil, when the train was heading from Quetta to Peshawar City station.

“Security forces and rescue teams rushed to the site as soon as they were alerted about the incident, and began a search operation after cordoning off the area,” Kashif said.

A relief train of the Pakistan Railways will bring back passengers of the affected train to Quetta by evening, and all tickets will be refunded, according to Kashif.

“Four bogies of the Jaffar Express had been placed back on the track, while efforts were underway to restore the other two,” the official noted.

In a separate statement, Kashif said that Jaffar Express trains between Quetta and Peshawar — both upwards and downward journeys — were cancelled today and tomorrow, as well as on August 13 and 14.

The Bolan Mail will depart from Karachi on August 16 (Saturday) “in its proper turn” and will arrive in Quetta the next day, he added.

Today’s incident comes just three days after Quetta-bound Jaffar Express narrowly escaped a disaster in Balochistan’s Sibi, where a bomb planted near the track exploded just after the passenger train passed.

In another near-miss incident on July 24, a powerful explosion ripped through the Quetta-Sibi rail section, damaging a bogie of the Bolan Mail.
 
In June, a powerful explosion of a remotely controlled explosive device fitted to rail tracks caused four bogies of the Jaffer Express to derail in Jacobabad. No one was hurt in the incident.

In April, the 3UP train heading from Karachi to Quetta was stopped at Jacobabad railway station due to security reasons.

Train services between Quetta and the rest of the country were restored on March 27, after they were suspended due to the unprecedented hijacking of the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express earlier that month.

The train, travelling from Quetta to Peshawar and carrying 440 passengers, was hijacked near Balochistan’s Sibi area on March 11, resulting in the deaths of 21 passengers and four security personnel. “All 33 terrorists” were neutralised during the two-day clearance operation, the military said.

DAWN.
 
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only if Pakistan has build educational camps for these uncivilized Baloch youth, their future generations might have been saved, but we don't want to naraz Atangwadi phir bhoktoo.
 
Starlord said:
only if Pakistan has build educational camps for these uncivilized Baloch youth, their future generations might have been saved, but we don't want to naraz Atangwadi phir bhoktoo.
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El Salvador type re-education camps needed, we can even use this as a service export for foreign countries criminals and deported individuals.

USA and Europe will do mass deportations and will need holding facilities before processing. El Salvador is small so might not be able to fulfil the entire capacity.

Pakistan can create one section for domestic extremism/terrorism, and another for foreign services.

@Panzerkiel @RajaBaja @Quwa @arslank01
 

Ziarat assistant commissioner, son abducted​


Saleem Shahid
August 11, 2025

QUETTA: Armed men on Sunday kidnapped assistant commissioner of Ziarat district and his son, setting their vehicle ablaze before taking them to an unknown location, officials said.

The gunmen abducted assistant commissioner Muhammad Afzal Baqi while he went for a picnic with his family to the Zezri area, said Ziarat Deputy Commissioner Zakaullah Durrani.

The assailants stopped the vehicle at gunpoint and ordered everyone to abandon it before setting it on fire. They released Baqi’s gunman, driver and other family members but forced the official and his son to go with them.

“Efforts were underway for the recovery of [the] AC and his son,” Durrani said.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the abduction of Mr Baqi and his son.

The abduction is the second of a high-level administrative officer in the region in two months.

On June 4, armed men kidnapped the assistant commissioner of Tump, Muhammad Hanif Noorzai, as he travelled with his family. The banned Baloch Liberation Front, or BLF, later claimed responsibility for that kidnapping.

Published in Dawn, August 11th, 2025
 
How the hell they crossed into Pakistan? I thought the border was covered by fences and observation posts
 
WarKa DaNG said:
How the hell they crossed into Pakistan? I thought the border was covered by fences and observation posts
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Its a border fence of barbed wires of 1-2 layers, not a wall made out of Vibranium, they can and do cut through it time to time, of course locals are their spies who give them information of troops movements and patrol parties hence TTP can move such large numbers.
 
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