QUETTA, March 27: Quetta’s rail link with the rest of the country was disrupted for several hours after a blast on the main track in Sariab area on Tuesday morning.

Railways authorities said that an explosive device placed under the track near Darkhashan area of Sariab went off at 6:40am.

It was a locally made device which blew up two feet of the track, said a senior railways official. He said that all trains were suspended.

The Chiltan Express that was about to leave for Lahore was stopped and trains coming from Karachi and Rawalpindi were halted at different stations. Train service was restored later.

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