“If there had been a delay of about 10 minutes, this accident could have been averted,” he said. “We gathered that the train had derailed and frantically started calling up the railways official,” the 47-year-old told AFP. Train accidents are common in Pakistan, where the network has seen decades of decline due to corruption, mismanagement, and lack of investment. The majority of train passengers in Pakistan are working-class people who cannot afford the quicker bus journeys. More recently, at least 75 people died when a train caught fire while traveling from Karachi to Rawalpindi in October 2019.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 08, 2021 12:33 UTC