At least 20 passengers were injured after eight bogies of the Peshawar-bound Khushhal Express derailed between Attock and Mianwali.
According to a private TV channel, rail traffic was suspended after the incident took place between the Sohan Bridge and Makhad Road railway stations.
A spokesperson of Pakistan Railways confirmed that a rescue and relief operation
is under way for affected passengers and derailed bogies.
A rel
ief train and rescu
e truck dispatched from Kundian Junction have reached the site of the incident while another rescue tr
uck en route from Peshawar and a rel
ief train dispatched from Rawalpindi are expected to arriv
e shortly, the spokesperson further added. Khushhal Express had departed from Karachi on Saturday. It was en route to Peshawar via Mianwali and Attock.
Published in Daily Times, September 17th 2018.
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