Overview
- Police say unidentified assailants hurled a grenade at a patrol vehicle near Shah Petrol Pump on the National Highway, injuring 13 people including two officers.
- Hospital officials report the wounded, among them a woman and two children, were moved to Civil Hospital Dera Murad Jamali and are in stable condition.
- Law enforcement cordoned off the blast site, launched a search to trace the attackers, and said no group has claimed responsibility.
- Separately, armed men fired on the Jaffar Express near Notal and launched four rockets, but security forces repelled the assault with only minor train damage and no casualties.
- The incidents follow earlier strikes on the Jaffar Express, including a March hijacking that killed 21 passengers and a recent track bombing, with ISPR previously citing militants’ contacts with handlers in Afghanistan.