{"id":75874,"date":"2021-06-07T14:35:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T14:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=75874"},"modified":"2021-06-15T15:07:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T15:07:41","slug":"many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Many killed as two trains collide in southern Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 33 people have been killed and more than 120 injured after a train collision near the southern Pakistani town of Dharki, officials say, with rescue work still under way to find survivors trapped in the debris.<br>The collision took place early on Monday morning near the town of Dharki, about 440km (273 miles) north of Pakistan\u2019s largest city of Karachi, officials say.<br>\u201cThe number of dead bodies has increased to 33, while the number of injured is near 120,\u201d senior health official Dr Manzoor Jakhrani told Al Jazeera by telephone from one of the main government hospitals were the injured were being treated.<br>Rescue work is ongoing at the site and is in its \u201cfinal stages\u201d, he said.<br>Television footage from the site of the crash showed the mangled wreckage of the two trains strewn across the track, with rescuers using cranes and other equipment to try and reach those trapped inside.<br>The accident took place when eight compartments of the northbound Millat Express train derailed near Dharki, local official Razzaq Minhas told Al Jazeera. The southbound Sir Syed Express passenger train then hit the derailed compartments, he said.<br>\u201cRescuers are still trying to get into at least two crashed bogeys, they are still removing the debris,\u201d he said. \u201cEquipment and paramilitary forces are there to remove the debris.\u201d<br>Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said he was \u201cshocked\u201d by the crash, and ordered Railways Minister Azam Swati to reach the site of the accident on Monday.<br>Pakistan\u2019s aging railway system has seen numerous accidents and crashes in recent years, with successive governments investing little in maintaining the tracks and signal systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 33 people have been killed and more than 120 injured after a train collision near the southern Pakistani town of Dharki, officials say, with rescue work still under way to find survivors trapped in the debris.The collision took place early on Monday morning near the town of Dharki, about 440km (273 miles) north &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":76167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,31,13],"tags":[36,396],"class_list":["post-75874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","category-news","category-pakistan","tag-pakistan","tag-train"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Many killed as two trains collide in southern Pakistan - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Many killed as two trains collide in southern Pakistan - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least 33 people have been killed and more than 120 injured after a train collision near the southern Pakistani town of Dharki, officials say, with rescue work still under way to find survivors trapped in the debris.The collision took place early on Monday morning near the town of Dharki, about 440km (273 miles) north &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-07T14:35:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-15T15:07:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Behnam\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Behnam\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/\",\"name\":\"Many killed as two trains collide in southern Pakistan - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-07T14:35:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-15T15:07:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Many killed as two trains collide in southern Pakistan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9\",\"name\":\"Behnam\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/mahdi007\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Many killed as two trains collide in southern Pakistan - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Many killed as two trains collide in southern Pakistan - Shia Waves","og_description":"At least 33 people have been killed and more than 120 injured after a train collision near the southern Pakistani town of Dharki, officials say, with rescue work still under way to find survivors trapped in the debris.The collision took place early on Monday morning near the town of Dharki, about 440km (273 miles) north &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2021-06-07T14:35:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-15T15:07:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Behnam","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Behnam","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/","name":"Many killed as two trains collide in southern Pakistan - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-07T14:35:26+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-15T15:07:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f0\u06f7_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f5\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f4.jpg","width":1280,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75874-many-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-pakistan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Many killed as two trains collide in southern Pakistan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9","name":"Behnam","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/mahdi007\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76171,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75874\/revisions\/76171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}