Pakistan PM to meet survivors and commandos who ended insurgent train siege

Rescued passengers arrived at Much railway station in Balochistan province after the incident (Anjum Naveed/AP)

Pakistan’s prime minister travelled to the restive southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday to meet survivors of a train attack and the commandos who rescued more than 300 passengers from the insurgents who killed 21 civilians and four troops.

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), an outlawed group behind multiple deadly attacks in recent months, claimed responsibility for the incident which began on Tuesday and ended on Wednesday when soldiers killed all 33 insurgents in an operation that the military said resulted in no further passenger deaths.