Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif visited Balochistan to meet Jaffar Express attack survivors, a day after forces killed 33 BLA militants involved in the hijacking.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday visited the restive Balochistan province to review the law and order situation and to express solidarity with the people there following the Jaffar Express hijacking incident in which 21 civilians and four soldiers were killed.

Pakistan's Foreign Office on Thursday accused India of being behind the hijack of the Jaffar Express in Balochistan, in which 21 passengers and four paramilitary soldiers were killed by Baloch militants.

Balochistan's long-standing insurgency reached a new level, with the Baluch Liberation Army seizing a passenger train. The militants killed 21 passeng

Quetta: Pakistani security forces successfully ended a hostage crisis in Balochistan after militants hijacked the Jaffar Express, killing 21 passengers and four paramilitary soldiers. In a precision-led operation, troops eliminated all 33 militants involved and rescued the remaining hostages.

The Baloch Liberation Army, a militant group seeking secession of the province from Pakistan, had claimed responsibility for the attack.

Pakistan's army says it has freed more than 300 hostages from a passenger train seized by militants in Balochistan province on Tuesday. The military spokesperson said 33 militants were killed during the operation.

Baloch Liberation Army militants killed 21 hostages during a train hijacking in Pakistan. Security forces later eliminated all attackers.

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the separatist militant group, hijacked the passenger train Jaffar Express in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday (Mar 11). The train was carrying over 450 passengers.