Daily Times

The number of bodies handed over to heirs and relatives of the victims – who had lost their lives in tragic Tezgam Express inferno – rose to 48 on Thursday after identification of three more bodies through DNA. Reportedly, the three victims, including two women and a man, hailed from Mirpurkhas. Besides, nine of the remaining bodies are yet to be identified through DNA test, according to the district administration. Last Thursday, 23 bodies of the victims reached Mirpur Khas and traders shut their businesses voluntarily to take part in their collective funerals as a pall of gloom fell on the town.