Pak: Peace train chugs in tragedy
	New Delhi:"The train was 4001 UP and the incident occurred near Panipat railway station. We have heard that two coaches caught fire, and 64 people have expired and 13 are injured.” When the official at the emergency counter of Lahore Railway Station, Aftab Ahmed, made the ominous announcement, it sent shockwaves down the relatives waiting for the near and dear ones who were to arrive from India. While the Samjhauta Express tragedy unfolded in India, across the border in Pakistan, distraught relatives kept waiting for any information that trickled about their relatives. "My wife and two children were coming from there. We heard (about the blast) in the news and came rushing here," said a relative of a passenger, Mohammad Ashraf. The explosion that claimed more than 60 lives occurred at Panipat, but its ripples were felt across the border where most of the victims belonged. When the train to Pakistan finally arrived at the Wagha border, there was mayhem at the railway station. Instead of greetings and cheers, there were tears and tragic tales to share. "We were sleeping when the explosion happened. All of a sudden the train stopped and people started knocking on the door, shouting 'open the door, open the door.' But we thought there might be robbers so we didn't open it. But after while we heard people shouting that there was a fire on the train so we started throwing our luggage here and there,” said a survivor. Some passengers had lost all their belongings to the flames and some lost their near and dear ones. On Monday the train that stood for peace, fell victim to terror.