QUETTA: Train operations in Quetta Division remain suspended today due to security concerns, follow-ing horrific attack on Jaffar Express, media reported.
As per details, the Bolan Mail’s departure has also been cancelled and full refunds will be provided to affected passengers.
Additionally, the Pak Business and Shah Hussain Express trains have been suspended due to a low number of passengers during Ramadan. Two trains have been cancelled due to the decreased passen-ger count.
Passengers of the Shah Hussain and Business Express trains will be accommodated on the Karakoram and Karachi Express trains.
It is worth mentioning here that a group of terrorists launched the attack on the Peshawar-Quetta Jaf-far Express, leaving the driver with severe injuries in the Bolan Pass area of Balochistan, targeting inno-cent civilians. The militants detonated a bomb on the railway track and then took over around 400 pas-sengers including women and children hostage.
The Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry con-firmed that all 33 terrorists involved in the attack on the Jaffer Express were killed, while 21 passengers and 4 FC personnel lost their lives.
According to DG ISPR, the operation was carried out in phases, with all terrorists eliminated.
Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif stated that the operation was successful, with no hostages suffering harm, adding that area checks are still ongoing, and the train is being inspected by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS).
Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif explained that 21 train passengers were killed by terrorists before the security forces’ operation, adding that three FC personnel stationed on a railway picket were mar-tyred, while one FC soldier lost his life during the operation. –Agencies
