Overview
- The National Assembly’s rail committee ordered Pakistan Railways to install three signal jammers on every train and to increase patrols on sensitive routes.
- Officials said the bomb near Sultan Kot used a remote-control device that derailed five bogies and caused minor injuries to seven people, with suspects still unidentified.
- The panel reviewed the $400 million Karachi–Pipri Freight Corridor, with officials projecting a first phase in six months and 17 daily freight trains once operational.
- Members demanded transparency on land leasing after reports that about 3,253 acres in Sukkur division are encroached and 457 acres are occupied by land grabbers.
- The session, chaired by MNA Ramesh Lal, was briefed that security agencies are assisting the investigation and that joint patrolling with the Frontier Corps has been intensified.