KARACHI: The Peshawar-bound Khyber Mail originating from Karachi met with an accident near Shahdadpur station on Thursday. There were no injuries or damage in the incident.

According to the information shared by the Pakistan Railways, the train’s coach number 12052 went off rack early morning near the 256th kilometre milestone. Relief trains with cranes were called from Rohri and Kotri stations to put the train back on track. It was given green signal to resume its journey two-three hours after the accident.

Published in Dawn, November 4th, 2022

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