QUETTA: Four bogies of the Quetta-bound Jaffar Express train coming from Peshawar were derailed in a blast on the railway track linking Sindh to Balochistan on Monday night.
Railway officials in Sultankot confirmed that the blast occurred on the railway track between Sultankot and Jacobabad in Sindh.
“Four bogies have derailed after a blast that damaged the track,” a senior official of the Pakistan Railway told Dawn, adding no deaths or injuries were reported in the blast.
The railway officials added that repair on the track had begun after the area was cleared. They said a relief train had also reached the site to resume railway traffic on the main line.
The Jaffar Express has come under attack several times over the past year. Last November, it had escaped an armed attack in the Bolan Pass area of Kachhi district, Balochistan. The same month it also escaped a bomb attack in Balochistan’s Nasirabad district.
In October 2025, at least seven people were injured after a blast on a railway track derailed four bogies of the Jaffar Express in Sindh’s Shikarpur district. The same month, it escaped another rocket attack in the Notal area of Nasirabad district.
In September 2025, twelve people, including women and children, were injured when the Quetta-bound Jaffar Express was targeted in a bomb blast in the Spizend area of Mastung
On March 11, 2025, terrorists had hijacked the Peshawar-bound passenger train, carrying 440 passengers. They had opened fire on the train and held the passengers hostage, prompting security forces to initiate an operation that lasted two days.
