Federal Minister for Interior, Ijaz Ahmad Shah expresses grief and condolences to all those who fell victim to unfortunate train incident that claimed life of 20 Sikh Pilgrims earlier today, leaving plenty injured.
The incident took place near Farooqabad, where a coaster carrying around 30 pilgrims collided with a train and around 20 people lost their lives in tragic collision. Two injured succumed to injuries later, raising the death toll to 22.
Federal Minister for Interior, Ijaz Ahmad Shah prayed for the departed souls and hoped for the speedy recovery of the injured. He also expressed his deepest condolences to the bereaved families of the departed ones.
Furthermore, he added that we stand in solidarity with our Sikh brothers in this hard time and as directed by the PM Imran Khan, we will ensure that every kind of assistance is given to the ones who are affected. He also added that we will reach to the root cause of the incident and hold the ones responsible for this accountable.
The federal Minister said that its extremely tragic to lose precious lives in the time while we are already struggling with pandemic crisis.
