Fear in Pakistan over a train derailment in the southern province of Sindh.

The toll is, for now, 15 dead and 50 injured. "Around 7 or 8 carriages of the Hazara Express derailed and overturned near Nawab Shah district in Sindh," confirmed Mahmood-ur-Rehman, a Pakistani railway official.

The wounded were transferred to a nearby hospital. Rescue operations are still ongoing. The train was en route to Rawalpindi city in Punjab from Sindh province. The cause of the accident is still unknown.

(Unioneonline/vf)

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