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, [5] was hijacked by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). [6] [7] The attackers reportedly detonated explosives in tunnels and on the train tracks before opening fire on the train.[8]

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 …

9 hours ago · Railway officials said that around 750 passengers were booked to travel in the Jaffar Express, but the train left Quetta with around 450 people onboard. Sources said that over 200 security ...

1 day ago · The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the attack on Pakistan's Jaffar Express train by BLA militants and has called for the immediate release of the hostages, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement, according to Associated Press.. Pakistan Railways officials have said that a total of 500 passengers were travelling in the Jaffar ...

1 day ago · Terrorists held hundreds of train passengers hostage after attacking the Jaffar Express. Security forces have successfully rescued 104 hostages from terrorist captivity, including 58 men, 31 women ...

8 hours ago · The Baloch Liberation Army has released a video capturing the exact moment they hijacked the Jaffar Express in Pakistan's Balochistan province.The footage shows how the militants detonated an explosive on the railway tracks, bringing the Peshawar-bound train to a sudden halt before seizing control and taking passengers hostage.

10 hours ago · Pakistani’s Jaffar Express, which travels between Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has been targeted over half a dozen times by militants and separatists in the past few years. It is a frequent target for such groups because security personnel from the Pakistani forces, mostly from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, often travel ...

2 hours ago · Conflicting reports have emerged regarding the fate of hostages taken during the Jaffar Express hijacking, with the Balochistan Liberation Army claiming to have executed 50 captive enemy personnel, while Pakistani security sources maintain that the rescue operation is nearing completion and 33 terrorists have been neutralised.

14 hours ago · The Jaffar Express, with over 450 passengers on board in nine bogies, was on its way from Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it was fired ...

22 hours ago · State-owned media outlets Radio Pakistan and PTV News earlier reported citing “security sources” that terrorists attacked Jaffar Express in the Dhadar area of Bolan Pass and had taken ...