A fresh inspection of the Shalimar Express accident site has produced findings that directly contradict the conclusions of the original Pakistan Railways inquiry — deepening the controversy over who or what caused one of the most serious train accidents on the Karachi-Lahore corridor in recent years. The Shalimar Express accident original inquiry had attributed the derailment primarily to driver error and excessive speed — but the fresh inspection commissioned after the 60 percent brakes failure revelation found that track condition deficiencies, signal failures, and maintenance lapses at the depot level…
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