Pakistan train hijack: Balochistan militants attack Peshawar-bound train, 6 killed and hundreds taken hostages
Armed militants attacked the Peshawar-Quetta Jaffar Express train in Balochistan’s Mach area, killing six military personnel. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the assault.
Pakistani military says 21 hostages killed, remaining rescued after train hijacking
More than 400 people were on the Jaffar Express on Tuesday when militants fired on the train and blew up the track in the Balochistan region, Pakistani security officials said.
Pakistani insurgents attack a train carrying hundreds of people and take hostages
Pakistani insurgents have attacked a passenger train carrying several hundred people and claimed to have taken more than 100 hostages
Pakistan military ends train standoff, says 21 hostages and four troops killed
Baloch separatist militants blew up a railway track and launched rockets at the Jaffar Express, which was carrying over 400 passengers.
Pakistan's leader meets survivors of deadly train hijack and the commandos who ended the siege
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was in the restive southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday to meet survivors of a train attack and the commandos who rescued over 300 passengers from insurgents who killed 21 civilian and four troops.
'Killed in front of our eyes': How the Pakistan train hijacking unfolded
"I was a passenger on the train that was attacked," Mr Hussain told BBC Urdu. He, along with some 440 others, had been travelling from Quetta to Peshawar through the heart of the restive Balochistan province when a group of armed militants struck – they bombed the tracks,
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Pakistan: Armed men fire at Peshawar-bound train, Passengers taken hostage
A passenger train in Pakistan's southwestern province came under fire by Balochistan on Tuesday, which has left the driver ...
Pakistan Train Hijack Highlights Update: Baloch militants hijack Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express, take 450 hostages amid intense gunfire in Pakistan
Baloch militants hijacked the Jaffar Express in Pakistan, injuring the driver and taking over 450 passengers hostage. The ...
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Sehat Card to cover drug rehab programme
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has said that the drug addicts' rehabilitation program will soon be integrated into the Sehat Card Plus initiative.A ceremony was held in Peshawar ...
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Baloch Train Hijacking Ends with Hostage Rescue
Militants hijacked a train in Balochistan, killing 21 passengers and four soldiers. The army succeeded in a rescue operation, ...
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Two relief trains start lifting coaches derailed in Balochistan terror attack
LAHORE: As a major operation to rescue passengers and crew of the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express has been accomplished by the ...