ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Two express trains collided in southern Pakistan on Monday morning, killing at least 32 passengers and injuring 80 others, officials said, the latest in a series of train accidents that have raised serious questions about the safety of rail travel in the country.
Most of the passengers were asleep when the Millat Express, a passenger train plying the southern port city of Karachi to Sargodha in Punjab Province, derailed and fell across the track. Within minutes, another passenger train, the Sir Syed Express, which was en route to Karachi from Lahore in eastern Pakistan, crashed into the first train’s fallen carriages, leaving a mangled wreck, local news outlets reported.
The collision occurred between railway stations in Daharki and Raiti in the southern Sindh Province, said Nazia Jabeen, a spokeswoman for Pakistan Railways.
A rescue operation was underway, Ms….
