Jaffar Express
The Jaffar Express ( Urdu : جعفر ایکسپریس) is a daily express train of the Pakistan Railways between Quetta and Rawalpindi in Pakistan .
history
The train was named after Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali , who was one of the leading figures in the Muslim League . The train was inaugurated on April 16, 2003 by Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali . It runs over 1,458 kilometers on the broad-gauge Quetta – Rawalpindi line . Halts are Sibi , Sukkur , Multan and Lahore .
The Jaffar Express offers seats in Economy and Business Class , the travel time for the entire route is approximately 28 hours and 30 minutes.
attacks
The express train was repeatedly the target of attacks :
- On August 16, 2013, two people died in a rocket attack by the Balochistan Liberation Army in Dozan, a suburb of Machh in Balochistan , shortly before entering the Bolan train station.
- On October 21, 2013, seven people were killed and 17 others injured in a bomb attack in Naseerabad district .
- On April 8, 2014 , a bomb from the terrorist organization United Baluch Army exploded in Sibi train station . 16 people were killed in the attack.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pak Rail
- ↑ Jaffar Express starts service . In: Daily Times , April 22, 2003. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
- ↑ Jaffar Express Train Timing Rawalpindi To Quetta 40 Down
- ↑ Pakistan Railways official website, Jaffar Express Timings ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved on August 8, 2012
- ↑ Three killed as Jaffar Express attacked in Bolan 31 injured in attack ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Seven killed in a bomb explosion in the Jaffar Express train in Quetta ( Memento of the original from May 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ UBA bomb attack on Jaffar Express in Sibi leaves 16 dead, 44 injured
