Seven bodies despatched for Pakistan

Panipat, Feb 21 (UNI) Seven bodies of Pakistani nationals, who died in the Samjhauta Express blasts on Sunday night, were sent to Attari to be taken to their homeland across the border.

Documentation for the first batch of bodies was done at a special counter of the Pakistan High Commission set up here. The bodies, accompanied by relatives, were taken in two pick-up vans, officials said here.

Six of them belonged to one family of Karachi--Sayeed Iftikhar Ali (54), Razia Sultan (51), Ashraf Jehan (35), Mehak, Syaeed Hassan Ali (8) and Izhar Hussain (61).

The seventh Pakistani national, was identified as Mohammad Haroon (52) of Karachi.

The Pakistani officials would make arrangements at Attari to transport them to Karachi.

Among the 18 blast victims identified so far, as many as 13 were Pakistanis.

Meanwhile nine Pakistanis, who arrived here this morning, failed to recognise their kin among the bodies lying at the Civil hospital here.

They later left for Delhi to search for their relatives amomg the injured passengers admitted in the Safdarjang Hospital.

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