Jaffar express derailed due to over speed: Saad Rafique

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ISLAMABAD: Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said Jaffar express derailed due to over speed.

Talking to media he said, the train was accelerating at a very high speed at the time of the accident which so far claimed 13 lives.

The relief train in on its way and would reach the site within 20 to 25 minutes, he told.

Saad said that the track will also be cleared within an hour.

It is pertinent to mention here that, Jaffer express on its way to Rawalpindi from Quetta, derailed near Bolan which left 13 dead and over 100 injured.