Daily Times

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday ordered the Ministry of Interior to submit an inquiry report on Tezgam train inferno in the court. A single-judge bench of the Islamabad high court comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani in a previous hearing had issued a notice to the federal government over the Tezgam train fire incident in which 75 people died. The government and the interior ministry were failed to submit their reply in the court over the matter despite the court orders. A petition filed by the Jurist Foundation Islamabad seeking an independent inquiry under the Pakistan Commissioner Inquiry Act 2017 for the October 31 tragedy. Riaz Hanif Rahi Advocate appeared before the IHC court and said that the evidence of the incident had been wiped out. Railways Minister Shaikh Rashid had claimed that the fire erupted with the cylinder carrying in the train by the members of Tableeghi Jamaat, while the blaze was started from the business class of the train, the counsel of the petitioner argued. The petitioner sought hearing of both parties while inquiring into the incident.