DERA MURAD JAMALI: Train link between Quetta and the rest of the county was suspended for a few hours on Monday as unknown armed men blew up the main railway track near Dera Murad Jamali.

Police said some unknown people planted an explosive device at the main railway track in Dera Murad Jamali area of Nasirabad district in the morning and detonated it.

“Around two-foot-long portion of the track was blown up, suspending rail service,” police officials said, adding that soon after the blast, police and personnel of law-enforcement agencies reached the area and started investigation.

They said the explosive device was detonated with a remote control and around three kilogrammes of explosive was used in the blast.

Published in Dawn, January 20th, 2026