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Pakistan: Passenger train derailed, at least 30 people killed

At least, 30 people have been killed and 100 injured after a train derailed in southern Pakistan, a police spokesman has confirmed, as quoted by the BBC.

Several carriages of the Hazara Express overturned near Sahara station in Nawabshah, about 275km from the largest city, Karachi.

Injured passengers were moved to nearby hospitals. Rescue teams are trying to free people from the overturned wreckage.

Accidents on Pakistan's antiquated railway system are not uncommon.

Railways Minister Saad Rafiq said initial investigations showed the train was travelling at normal speed and they are trying to establish the causes of the derailment.

A spokesman for Karachi Railways said at least eight carriages had gone off the track.

In 2021, two trains running in Sindh province collided, killing at least 40 people and injuring dozens.

Between 2013 and 2019, 150 people died in such incidents, according to local media reports.

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