QUETTA, May 19: The railway track linking Quetta with the border town of Chaman, near Faqirabad area, was blown up on Friday night. Police said the powerful explosive device was planted under the railway line that went off blowing up the railway line.

“One-and-a-half feet long piece of railway track blew up in the blast,” railway authorities confirmed to Dawn, adding that train service between Quetta and Chaman had been suspended for the time being.

Meanwhile, unknown people hurled a hand grenade at the house of Dr Hameed Panizai in Geological Survey of Pakistan colony at Sariab road late night.

The grenade exploded in the lawns of the house shattering the windowpanes. However, no casualty was reported in the blast.

Another explosion was also reported in Hub late night that rocked the industrial town. The bomb was planted close to the Coast Guard office. A wall of the office was slightly damaged, police said.