Could be a jihad attack, or perhaps just a propane tank kabooming. Dawn has nothing on the story, so we’ll see.
[KhaamaPress] At least two people were killed, and four others were maimed in a kaboom inside the Jaffar Express train in Punjab’s Chichawatni on Thursday, officials said.The blast occurred when the Quetta Jaffar Express from Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...crossed the Chichwatni railway station in Panjab. The nature of the earth-shattering kaboom has not been determined, and the police have not released any statement.
According to the report, the injured people have been moved to the nearby hospital for treatment.
Recently, the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
Pakistain (TTP) has increased its attack on government officials, foreigners and people.
Moreover, in a recent unexpected announcement, China has closed the consular section of its embassy in Islamabad due to security threats.
In addition, the Chinese government also stated that its citizens might face elevated levels of security in the country.
Since December last year, there has been a 56 per cent rise in the terror attack in the country, and the recent attack on Peshawar Mosque was the deadliest.
| Update from Dawn at 3:10p.m. ET: |
The train — a 39UP Jaffar Express, which travels from Quetta to Beautiful Downtown Peshawar — was on the move when the blast went off.
The woman killed in the incident, 55-year-old Naziran Bibi, was travelling from Sadiqabad to Okara. She had to sit on the floor beside the washroom because seats were unavailable. Ms Naziran, a resident of Nowshera, went titzup.
The bully boy group Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
Nationalist Army later grabbed credit for the blast in a message published on social media.