QUETTA, Oct 20: Rail link between Quetta and the rest of the country were cut off after a powerful blast blew up a track in Sariab late on Monday night.

Police sources said that the explosive device was planted at a track near Musa colony. They said a three feet long piece of the track was damaged.

According to railway officials, rail traffic was expected to restore by Tuesday morning.

In another incident, two journalists were injured in an explosion outside the office of a local newspaper, Awam, in the Universal Complex.

The injured, photographer Jamal Trakai and sub-editor Mukhar, were taken to the civil hospital.

Windowpanes of nearby buildings were smashed.

Police have registered a case against unidentified miscreants.