Three people have been killed after a blast derailed a train in the Rajanpur district of Punjab province in central Pakistan.

Three people have been killed after a blast derailed a train in the Rajanpur district of Punjab province in central Pakistan.

A remote-control explosion on a railway track also left dozens injured near Umerkot on Friday, Express News reported.

The explosive material was detonated at 9:35am as the Karachi-bound Khushhal Khan Khattak Express train passed over it.

Seven carriages were derailed, and two of them overturned.