The Sadiqabad train crash on July 11 is just the latest in a long line of deadly train crashes in Pakistan. Till now, 24 people have been killed and over a 100 injured, after a passenger train rammed into a parked goods train in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab.
Pakistan's railway safety record has been atrocious to say the least. Here are all the major train accidents to take place since the 2018 election:
September 16, 2018: Nine bogies of the Peshawar-bound Khushal Khan Khattak Express from Karachi derailed near Attock. 20 passengers were injured.
September 27, 2018: Another Peshawar-bound train derailed in which 11 bogies overturned in Sehwan, Sindh.
June 9, 2019: Twenty-three bogies of a Karachi-bound freight train derailed in Sukkur.
December 18, 2018: 12 children were injured as a passenger train crashed into a school van near Narowal, Punjab. Local witnesses said the accident happened due to dense fog and because the gate at the crossing was left open.
June 20, 2019: Three people were killed when a passenger train collided with a stationary cargo train at Makli Shah, near Hyderabad.
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