The Zakaria Express, bound for Multan, narrowly escaped a major accident, reported 24News HD TV channel on Thursday. 

As per details, the bogies of Zakaria Express derailed near Karachi City Station. 

The authorities have stopped the train. The rescue teams have immediately been dispatched. 

Further investigations are underway. 

A couple of weeks ago, a freight train met an accident due to a technical fault that resulted in major oil spillage in Nawabshah. 

In June this year, a train collision took place on a dilapidated railway track in Ghotki, a district in Sindh province, when an express train barreled into another that had derailed minutes earlier.

The accident had claimed 65 people.