Quetta, Oct 7 (NationPress) - A blast targeting the Quetta-bound Jaffar Express in the Shikarpur district of Pakistan's Sindh resulted in injuries to at least seven individuals on Tuesday, according to reports from local media citing officials.

The blast occurred on the train tracks at 8:15 a.m. (local time), as per Shikarpur Deputy Commissioner Shakeel Abro, with the incident reported to have happened about one kilometer from the Sultan Kot railway station.

Abro confirmed that seven individuals sustained injuries in the blast, with four being transported to the Combined Military Hospital and the other three to the Civil Hospital in Shikarpur.

The Jaffar Express was en route to Quetta via Jacobabad at the time of the incident.

Sukkur Divisional Transport Officer (DTO) Mohsin Ali Sial stated that efforts were underway to transfer passengers to nearby stations to initiate repair work on the train.

Previously, on September 24, a bomb explosion in the Spizend area of Mastung in Balochistan injured 12 people, including women and children, as the Jaffar Express was targeted.

After that blast, six carriages of the train, which was traveling from Peshawar to Quetta, derailed, leading to passenger injuries, according to railway officials.

This marked the second explosion in the same region within just ten hours. An earlier explosion occurred on September 23 near the main track connecting Balochistan to other regions of Pakistan, as the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express prepared to leave Quetta Railway Station.

The train was halted temporarily but was allowed to resume after receiving security clearance, as the track remained intact.

According to police officials, the explosive device planted on the tracks detonated as the train was passing through the Spizend region. At the time of the explosion, the train was carrying 270 passengers.

Earlier this year, the Jaffar Express, traveling from Quetta to Peshawar, was hijacked by the Baloch Liberation Army's (BLA) Majeed Brigade, resulting in over 400 hostages.

The train was forced to stop on March 11 after being derailed in the Dhabar area of Bolan Pass in Balochistan.

Security forces and railway authorities confirmed that the attack occurred near Tunnel No. 8 of the Bolan Pass.

This standoff continued for over 24 hours, with the BLA claiming responsibility for the deaths of at least 20 of the abducted security personnel after verifying their identities.