MULTAN: At least four passengers were killed and 41 others injured when 14 coaches of the Karachi-to-Peshawar Rahman Baba Express derailed near Sher Shah Railway Station here in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to a Pakistan Railways spokesperson,the deceased were identified as Saira, daughter of Sattar, Aasma, daughter of Israr Khan, Shakeela, daughter of Ali Hassan, and an unidentified male. Their bodies were shifted to Nishtar Hospital in Multan.
The injured passengers were identified as Muhammad Awais, Muhammad Kamran, Arslan, Asad, Mehwish, Israr Khan, Arif, Arsalan, Zeemal, Ayyan, Kaleem Abbas and Meera Bibi of Rawalpindi; Asim Ramzan of Rawalakot, Poonch; Mujeeb Ur Rehman of Peshawar; Yasmeen of Sanghar; Araib of Wazirabad; Dua Fatima, Faisal, Azra, Hira, Muntaha, Faisal Kamran, Huzaifa Sattar, Tariq, Abdul Razzaq, Bareera and Nimra of Hafizabad; Yasmeen of Faisalabad; Mooez of Attock; Umair, Uzair, Muhammad Iqbal and Muhammad Majid of Multan; and Muhammad Haroon, Sumaira, Gull Khan, Iqra, Umar, Malika, Chandi Bibi and Zunaira.
All the injured were also referred to Nishtar Hospital where they were receiving medical treatment, said the spokesperson.