The Jaffar Express narrowly escaped another attempted bombing on Sunday after an explosive device planted along its route detonated moments after the train passed through Balochistan’s Nasirabad district, police and railway officials said. It is the latest in a series of attacks on one of Pakistan’s most frequently targeted passenger trains.

According to officials, unidentified attackers planted the bomb on the railway track in the Shaheed Abdul Aziz Bullo area. The Peshawar-bound train, travelling from Quetta, crossed the section before the device exploded. No passengers or railway staff were injured.

Nasirabad Senior Superintendent of Police Ghulam Sarwar said officers and security personnel reached the site soon after the blast. "A search operation has also been launched to trace t

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