Pakistan’s Jaffar Express narrowly escaped a bomb attack in Balochistan’s Nasirabad district on Sunday, police and railway officials stated. Unidentified attackers reportedly planted an explosive device on the railway track in the Shaheed Abdul Aziz Bullo area, targeting the Peshawar-bound train traveling from Quetta. Fortunately, the train passed through the area safely, and no casualties were reported.

Here’s what happened

Dawn quoted Nasirabad Senior Superintendent of Police Ghulam Sarwar as saying that police and security forces reached the site after the explosion, cordoned off the area and began an investigation. “A search operation has also been launched to trace the elements involved in the bomb attack,” he said. Meanwhile, railway officials stated that a portion of the track was

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