More than 400 passengers were on board a train in south-west Pakistan when armed militants attacked. 

​More than 400 passengers were on board a train in south-west Pakistan when armed militants attacked.  

A professor from a Haryana university was arrested at Mumbai airport for allegedly using false information to obtain visas for seven youths to the UK under a fake student exchange programme. Police suspect it to be a case of human trafficking and have begun an investigation, with the help of a confession from the professor about his involvement.

Survivors of the Jaffar Express attack by the Balochistan Liberation Army recounted the horror of being hijacked and enduring intense gunfire. The female and elderly were spared, while security personnel and Punjabis were targeted. Security forces rescued 190 hostages from the 450 passengers. Violence has escalated in Balochistan against non-Baloch Pakistanis, with the BLA intensifying attacks.