QUETTA, May 28: The main railway line linking Quetta with the rest of the country was disabled as seven bomb explosions shook the Balochistan capital on Monday. Six people were injured in the blasts.

According to official sources, the six men — all labourers — were injured when unidentified people hurled a hand grenade on a house in the Sariab neighbourhood.

"All the six injured persons were labourers living in the rented house," DIG Rehmatullah Naizi told Dawn. They were identified as Allah Dita, Abu Zar, Abdul Waheed, Zohaib, Azhar and Sikandar.

The second blast happened in Ghafoorabad, causing extensive damage to the railway line linking Quetta with the rest of the country.

A railway official said all Quetta-bound passenger trains would be stopped at different stations preceding Quetta till the rehabilitation of the track.

The track would be made usable by Tuesday evening, he added.

Another blast took place in the Satellite Town when two persons raiding on a motorbike hurled a grenade on the house of a retired heath inspector.

A number of cars parked near the house were damaged.

One of the bombs exploded near a Wapda office, smashing windowpanes in nearby offices.