SINDH (Pakistan): At least seven people were injured on Tuesday after a blast on a railway track derailed four bogies of the Jaffar Express in Sindh’s Shikarpur district, Dawn reported citing officials.

Speaking to Dawn, Shikarpur’s Deputy Commissioner Shakeel Abro said that a blast had occurred on the train tracks at 8:15 am at a distance of 1km from the Sultan Kot railway station. He said four of those injured were taken to the Combined Military Hospital while the remaining three have heen admitted to Civil Hospital in Shikarpur.

According to the official, the Jaffar Express train was bound for Quetta via Jacobabad. Sukkur Divisional Transport Officer (DTO) Mohsin Ali Sial told Dawn that the passengers were being taken to nearby stations so that work could commence on repairing the tra

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