Gunmen say they will BLOW UP hijacked train and execute all hostages if authorities do not meet their demands

Separatist militants who hijacked a train in Pakistan have said they will blow it up and execute all remaining 182 hostages in their custody if the authorities do not meet their demands. The Jaffar Express passenger train was held in a tunnel and the driver badly wounded in a gun battle earlier on Tuesday, local officials said, without confirming the militants' account about hostages. The Jaffar Express was on its way from Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it was fired on, railway officials said File image shows the Bolan Pass, the railway line where the hijack reportedly took place Pakistani security officials inspect vehicles at a checkpoint after security was intensified following a suspected militant attack on a passenger train in Sibi The group said it had taken 182 hostages from the train, including Pakistan army members and other security officials travelling on leave. Pakistani security stand guard at a checkpoint after security was intensified following a suspected militant attack on a passenger train in Sibi, Balochistan province He added that a relief train had been dispatched to the scene and that security forces are working in the area. Pictured: BLA fighters A decades-old insurgency in Balochistan by separatist militant groups has led to frequent attacks against the government, army and Chinese interests in the region, pressing demands for a share in its resources.