Pakistani Train Inferno Was Decades in the Making

The nation’s railway system has long been plagued by corruption and mismanagement, despite serving as the only link between many cities and towns.

The remains of the burnt carriages a day after one of the deadliest train accidents in Pakistan’s history at a railway station in Channi Gote, Pakistan where the train finally stopped. Nov 1, 2019

Survivor Abdul Mohmin David Ahmed at Bahawal Victoria Hospital in Bahawalpur, Pakistan on Nov 1, 2019, a day after one of the deadliest train accidents in Pakistan’s history.

Charred bones of people that succumbed to the fire on the train a day after one of the deadliest train accidents in Pakistan’s history at a railway station in Channi Gote, Pakistan where the train finally stopped. Nov 1, 2019