Wary Pak suspends all rail services to Balochistan
The Morning Standard|November 12, 2024
PAKISTAN's railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff.
Wary Pak suspends all rail services to Balochistan

The train services would be suspended for four days for security reasons, according to a statement from Pakistan Railways.

The attack, claimed by the separatist Baloch Liberation Army, struck the station in the city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, on Saturday. At least 62 people were also wounded in the bombing, officials said.

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