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MULTAN (Pakistan), October 13:
At least four people were killed and 30 others injured when a passenger train derailed in Pakistan’s central Punjab province on Tuesday morning.
According to railway spokesperson Kaleem Akhtar, the train—traveling from the southern port city of Karachi to the northwestern city of Peshawar—met with the accident in the city of Sher Shah. Rescuers evacuated passengers from 14 derailed compartments and rushed the injured to hospitals. Relief and medical teams have been deployed to the site, he added.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have issued separate statements expressing deep grief and sorrow over the accident. They urged the concerned authorities to ensure quality medical treatment for the injured.
Train accidents frequently occur in Pakistan due to decades of underinvestment, aging railway tracks, and obsolete signaling systems. In 2023, 30 people were killed and over 90 injured when 10 coaches of a passenger train derailed in southern Pakistan.
RSS / Unified Nepal
