Scores injured as eight coaches of the Hazara Express train en route Karachi to Rawalpindi derail near the Sarhari Railway Station in Nawabshah district on August 6, 2023. PHOTO: EXPRESSThe Pakistan Railways compiled its joint report of initial investigation into the Hazara Express accident in Sindh, saying that the incompetence of the civil and the mechanical departments was the cause of the train crash. On Monday, the Railways Headquarters in Lahore received the preliminary joint certificate report of the accident, sources said. Read 35 perish, 100 injured as 10 bogies of Hazara Express derailThe report stated that the wheels of the train engine were damaged, while there was no fish plate to connect the tracks. Separately, addressing an event in Lahore Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said that the reason behind the tragedy was a lack of resources.
