1 day ago · On 11 March 2025, the Jaffar Express, a Pakistani passenger train travelling from Quetta to Peshawar with over 500 people reportedly on board, [3] was hijacked by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). [4] [5] The attackers reportedly detonated explosives in tunnels and on the train tracks before opening fire on the train.[6]

The Jaffar Express is named after Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali, who was a prominent Baloch tribal leader, active member of the Pakistan Movement, and a close friend of the Mohammad Ali Jinnah.He was the uncle of former Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali.The train was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on …

1 day ago · The BLA had released civilian hostages from the Jaffar Express train, while keeping military personnel captive. “Around 350 passengers, including women and children are saved and a relief train will be reaching the area where the train was attacked,” a district senior police officer, Rana Dilawar, told Reuters .

1 day ago · Jaffar Express with over 400-onboard was hijacked in Pakistan's Dhadar, Bolan area when the train was on its journey towards Peshawar from Quetta. Baloch rebels, who hijacked the Jaffar Express train, have threatened a mass execution of 150+ civilians. At least 6 Pakistani army personnel have been killed so far.

1 day ago · Pakistan Train Attack Today Live News Updates: Separatist militants launched an attack on the Jaffar Express, a passenger train carrying around 500 people in southwestern Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday. The security forces informed that 16 militants were killed and 104 passengers were rescued.

1 day ago · The Jaffar Express runs between Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It covers a distance of around 1,632 kilometres in over 34 hours.

1 day ago · The Jaffar Express, carrying approximately 400 passengers in nine bogies, was traveling from Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it came under gunfire from Balochistan Liberation Army. Several Pak army soldiers have been taken into custody.

1 day ago · The train driver was seriously injured when an armed group started firing on the Jaffar Express train when it was close to the Dhadar Paniyar Railway Station in Quetta. The train is thought to ...

1 day ago · Listen to article. Terrorists launched an attack on the Jaffar Express, a passenger train travelling through the Bolan Pass in Balochistan, holding several passengers hostage inside a tunnel ...

1 day ago · The Jaffar Express, a passenger train, was stopped by armed militants at around 1:00 pm in the rural Sibi district, near a station where it was scheduled to stop. As the train was coming to a halt, around six armed men opened fire. According to officials, at least six military personnel were killed in the attack.