Pakistan Train Hijack: 190 Passengers Rescued By Security Forces

Sibi: Pakistan security sources on Wednesday said the military had freed 190 train passengers taken hostage by gunmen on the second day of a siege in the mountainous southwest. More than 450 passengers were on board when a separatist operator group captured the train in a remote frontier district, with an unknown number of hostages … Read more

‘Held Breath Through Firing’: Passengers Describe Pakistan Train Hijack Scenes

Passengers onboard the Jaffar Express in Pakistan’s Balochistan, have spoken of “doomsday scenes”. “We held our breath throughout the firing, not knowing what would happen next,” Ishaq Noor, who was on board during the hijack, told the BBC. 400 passengers were travelling from Quetta to Peshawar on Tuesday when the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) attacked … Read more