Officials in Pakistan say rescuers have recovered the bodies of 11 coal miners who died last week after a methane gas explosion caused a coal mine to collapse in the country's southwest.

Officials say a methane gas explosion has caused a mine to collapse in a remote area in restive southwest Pakistan, killing at least three workers and trapping nine others.

A methane gas explosion caused a coal mine to collapse in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, killing at least four miners, authorities said, as officials launched a search operation to rescue eight other missing workers.