(11 Nov 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Karachi, Pakistan – 11 November 2024
1. Various of people waiting at Karachi railway station after trains to Quetta were suspended
2 .Close of belongings
3. Close of screen showing schedule of trains
4. Various exteriors of Karachi station
5. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Umair Riaz, passenger:
“We were going to Quetta by train. Because of a bomb blast in Quetta, trains are not going to Quetta, so we are going by bus. So many people have been disturbed because of this.”
6. Close of phone recording Ziaul Hasan Lanjar, interior minister in southern Sindh province during press conference
7. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Ziaul Hasan Lanjar, interior minister in southern Sindh province:
“The rickshaw driver involved in the attack has been arrested. Mohammad Javed, alias Sameer, has also been arrested. An investigation is ongoing. We will produce them in court to be remanded.”
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8. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Ziaul Hasan Lanjar, interior minister in southern Sindh province:
“I am making it clear — be it BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) or SRA (Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army) or any other organization, they must stop such attacks in Sindh. Sindh is a land of peace. There are conspiracies to destabilize Pakistan, particularly Sindh. We are keeping an eye on such elements.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Karachi, Pakistan – 6 October 2024
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9. Various of vehicles on fire following blast outside Karachi Airport
10. Various of emergency services and military personnel by burning vehicles after blast
STORYLINE:
Pakistan’s railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff.
The train services would be suspended for four days for security reasons, according to a statement from Pakistan Railways.
The attack, claimed by the separatist Baloch Liberation Army struck the station in the city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, on Saturday.
At lest 62 people were also wounded in the bombing, officials said.
The provincial government also declared a three-day mourning period in solidarity with the families of the victims and said that security has been stepped up and vowed to hit back “with full force” against the separatists, according to Sarfraz Bugti, the province’s chief minister.
Train services are a major part of Balochistan’s economy — hundreds of people travel to and from Quetta to other parts of the country every day. Trains also transport food and other items.
Saturday’s attack took place when about 100 passengers were waiting for a train to leave the Quetta station for the garrison city of Rawalpindi, police had said. In its claim of responsibility, the separatist BLA said it targeted Pakistani troops.
The attack was the deadliest since August, when separatists killed more than 50 people in multiple coordinated attacks on passengers buses, police and security forces across Balochistan.
The oil- and mineral-rich Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest but also least populated province. It is a hub for the country’s ethnic Baloch minority whose members say they face discrimination and exploitation by the central government.
Balochistan has for years been the scene of a long-running insurgency, with several separatist groups staging attacks, targeting mainly security forces in their quest for independence. The province also has an array of militant groups that are active there.
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