Passengers who were freed from a train seized by armed militants have spoken of "doomsday scenes" that unfolded on board the Jaffar Express in Pakistan's Balochistan province. "We held our breath throughout the firing,

The Jaffar Express, carrying some 400 passengers in nine coaches, was going from Quetta to Peshawar when militants derailed it using explosives and hijacked it

After more than a day of fighting with separatist militants who hijacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers, Pakistan’s army said it had brought the insurgent attack to an end, but that 21 passengers and four paramilitary personnel had been killed.

The train carrying 440 passengers was traveling through the southwestern area of the country. I guess this was inevitable. The president received an awkward reminder, right to his face. The man said he was locked in an eight-by-nine-foot room and was fed two sandwiches a day with two cups of water for years,