Balochistan | Terrorists attack Jaffar Express, 7 killed, 16 wounded.

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Jaffar Express struck by explosion; seven killed​

DERA MURAD JAMALI: At least seven persons were killed and 16 injured when a passenger train was struck by a bomb explosion in Balochistan's Naseerabad district on Monday, police said.

Asad Gilani, the Home Secretary Balochistan told Dawn.com militants targeted Jaffar Express using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Notal area of Naseerabad district.

"When the train reached Notal, there were huge explosions", Gilani said.

He said the blasts damaged a portion of the railway track and three bogies of train.

The train was carrying hundreds of passengers from Punjab province who were returning to Balochistan after Eid holidays.

The Home Secretary said the seven people, including two women, who were killed in the incident were all passengers. He added that the condition of six injured was reported as serious.

Riaz Ahmed, Quetta's Superintendent of Police (Railways) said the bomb was planted on the track which went off when the train reached Notal, adding that three brothers were also among the dead.

He further said that Divisional Superintendent Railway and other officials were en route to the blast site in order to file a report over the incident.

Zafar Shah Bukhari, a senior official in the area, also confirmed the bomb attack and death toll.

Bukhari said the Jaffar Express was travelling from Rawalpindi to Quetta, the main town of Baluchistan province when the explosion occurred, derailing several bogies.

“We have taken the dead bodies and injured to the nearby hospital,” Bukhari said, adding that the condition of six of the injured was critical.

Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Malik Baloch strongly condemned the attack at and termed it a terrorist act while ordering the local administration to submit a report over the incident.

The chief minister also instructed the Balochistan government to provide medical treatment to all injured.

The incident led to the suspension of railway traffic between Balochistan and other parts of Pakistan.

The train service was expected to resume after repair of the damaged track and security clearance, a railway official told Dawn.com on the condition of anonymity.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack.

However, senior police officials suspected that Baloch rebels were responsible for the attack.

The banned Baloch Republican Army is active in the area and have been targeting vital national installations including gas pipelines and power pylons and security forces in the area for more than a decade.

Meanwhile, a relief train carrying more than 100 passengers has reached Quetta from Notal amid tight security. “Police and Frontier Corps personnel patrolled in Bolan mountains to guard the train carrying passengers,” Superintendent of Police Chaudhry Riaz told reporters at the Quetta Railway Station.

The passengers remained the worst sufferers of blast that targeted passenger train in the troubled Naseerabad district. Most of them were suffering from psychological trauma.

“I fell down inside the train when the bomb went off,” Muhammad Khalid, a resident of Punjab's Chakwal district told Dawn.com.

Railway authorities received the passengers at Quetta Railway Station. They had waited for whole day since there was persistent delay in their evacuation due to looming security threats. “There was destruction everywhere after the blast,” Khalid said. “Still I feel ache in my shoulders since I fell down after the blast,” he added.

Muhammad Shoaib, the Divisional Transport Officer told reporters that the blast had damaged 30 feet railway track. He said 80 per cent repair work was completed and hopefully the train service was likely to be restored on Tuesday morning.

Shoaib stated that security was tightened in Bolan and other troubled areas of Balochistan to provide protection to passenger trains.

Jaffar Express struck by explosion; seven killed - DAWN.COM

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Our 'eastern friends' have intensified their terror campaign in Balochistan. Expect more...

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[Jason bourne]

RIP.....

 

[kurup]

Rest in Peace !!!!

 

[haviZsultan]

These terrorist Taliban and their evil cronies do not know the meaning of peace. These animals have already destroyed everything we regard highly.

I have developed a policy to defeat or atleast counter terrorism in Pakistan but no one actually listens to a guy like me, even my patriotism is doubted. I will share some of the points here:

1) Proper intelligence network, not shoddy intelligence chasing innocent civilians instead of terrorists but real intelligence.
2) Repeal of biased disgraceful laws based on Shariah such as the hudood law and blasphemy law.
3) Rehaul of the education system. Stop preaching hate to children about Hindus and anyone else.
4) End of the draconian collective responsibility act of FCR which holds an entire tribe responsible for the actions of one evil man.
5) Development through education programs and improving the basic lifestyle of the local inhabitants.
6) Teach tolerance and inter-faith harmony through courses in the school level.
7) Improvement of the security forces and the police (also the frontier constabulary) as a bulwark against terrorists.
8) Targetted operations against the terrorists which do not harm innocent civilians. Great care is needed to avoid civilian casualties often caused by artillary shelling and airstrikes
9) Elimination of militant commanders through targeted operations.
10) No talk of peace deals with the Taliban.
11) No painting of liberals as enemies of Pakistan, instead listening to their message of peace and harmony.
12) Combat terrorism through television and radio ads. Initiate a law that demands television channels and radio channels to play a government message against terrorism to the people of Pakistan.
13) Introduce a government accepted curriculam to combat terrorism in madrassas and religious schools.
14) Mullahs who preach at mosques should be handpicked from an academy where tolerance is preached instead of hate against other religions. Their sermons should strictly be controlled by a legal body. This is to ensure that no hate is promoted.
15) Stop the drone attacks and take charge of fighting this war ourselves, not on foreign behest. Develop strategies to hunt down top commanders of the TTP we need to eliminate instead of targetting the Haqqanis, Nazirs and Hekmatyars
16) Cut the funding of the Taliban. Eliminate their sources of income and cut off their finances.
17) Stop the militants ability to recruit anywhere. Destroy their bastions and eliminate their recruitment bases.
18) End injustice. Injustice provides the militants opportunities to recruit. Make sure a poor person is never mistreated.
19) Try to create divisions within the Taliban network. For example make group A fight group B. We don't have to do anything other than watch the Taliban destroy themselves.
20) Make FATA either a new province or merge it with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Of these points one of the most important is ensuring we teach our kids to be good people and not judgemental. We should teach our kids to respect our Christian and Hindu brothers in Pakistan as well rather than learning to just hold the banner of Islam.

We need to build tolerance in our society, we must ensure that we raise a future generation that is not in any way supportive of terrorists. This also means giving the youth job opportunities and places where they can use their talent. I have lived my life in service of Pakistan yet I know I will never be accepted.