Five killed in Quetta blast

A bomb blast in Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express killed five and injured several other passengers, according to a report. More deaths are feared as many victims are critically injured. The blast took place in Dera Murad Jamali which severely damaged three coaches of the train. The police relief workers immediately reached the scene of the crime and removed the victims to the Civil Hospital. The Police have cordoned off the area and began collecting evidence from the scene of the blast. All the trains from Quetta have been stopped from leaving after the blast. Akbar Bugti Express and Bolan Express are among the train barred from leaving Quetta, it was learnt here. Few weeks back, a bomb exploded on a passenger train in central Pakistan, killing a toddler and wounding 13 others. The device on the Shalimar Express from the eastern city of Lahore to Karachi went off as it passed through fields near the town of Toba Tek Singh in Punjab province. Pakistan is battling a homegrown insurgency and faces near-daily bombings and shootings in the troubled northwest, but attacks on the railway are relatively rare. A bomb near the waiting lounge for the luxury Lahore-Karachi Business Express train last year killed two people.