Gaya (Bihar), Feb 21 (IANS) A sense of foreboding has taken over a family in this Bihar town as they await news of their 11 relatives from Pakistan who had boarded the ill-fated India-Pakistan peace train that was the target of a terror strike Sunday night.
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In a house in New Karimganj mohalla, a Muslim-populated locality in Gaya, about 100 km from Patna, the mother, brothers and sister of Pakistani national Mohammed Shabbir are feeling helpless.They have received no news of their brother having reached Karachi safely and nor were the names of Shabbir and 10 of his family among the list of those missing or the casualties following the train bombing near Panipat, Haryana, in which 68 people were killed.Shabbir had was returning to Pakistan after visiting his family."There is no news, no information about them," said Mohammed Maimun, younger brother of Shabbir."We have called Karachi several times in the last two days, but the relatives there have no news and they too are anxious to know about their whereabouts," he said.The three brothers who stay in Gaya apart from Maimun are, Mohammed Jawed and Mohammed Shamim. Shabbir lives in Karachi. His aunt from Pakistan adopted him when he was a child.The 11 missing are - Shabbir (40), his wife Sameena (35), daughter Mijab (12), sons Shahbaj (10), Saharyar (9), Shahroz (7), father-in-law Ikramullah (70), brother-in-law Fakhre Alam (40), sister-in-law Roshan (35), and their son Sannan (12) and daughter Alizba (7)."He had called up from Old Delhi Railway Station just before the train started to say that they are okay. We have been praying for their well being and safety since then. We have no hopes left, except in god," said Shabbir's sister Farhat Parween, who lives in Gaya. Their mother Maimum Nisa also stays in the town.After waiting for two days for news, Jawed left Wednesday for Panipat to try and find out the whereabouts of his brother.The brothers said the railway police in Panipat and railway officials in New Delhi had not been able to provide information about Shabbir. "Their names do not figure in the list of the casualties," said Mohammed Maimun.Shabbir was visiting Gaya after 16 years and had spent over a month. He had left with a promise to come again when he boarded a train in Gaya for New Delhi to catch the Samjhauta Express.
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In a house in New Karimganj mohalla, a Muslim-populated locality in Gaya, about 100 km from Patna, the mother, brothers and sister of Pakistani national Mohammed Shabbir are feeling helpless.They have received no news of their brother having reached Karachi safely and nor were the names of Shabbir and 10 of his family among the list of those missing or the casualties following the train bombing near Panipat, Haryana, in which 68 people were killed.Shabbir had was returning to Pakistan after visiting his family."There is no news, no information about them," said Mohammed Maimun, younger brother of Shabbir."We have called Karachi several times in the last two days, but the relatives there have no news and they too are anxious to know about their whereabouts," he said.The three brothers who stay in Gaya apart from Maimun are, Mohammed Jawed and Mohammed Shamim. Shabbir lives in Karachi. His aunt from Pakistan adopted him when he was a child.The 11 missing are - Shabbir (40), his wife Sameena (35), daughter Mijab (12), sons Shahbaj (10), Saharyar (9), Shahroz (7), father-in-law Ikramullah (70), brother-in-law Fakhre Alam (40), sister-in-law Roshan (35), and their son Sannan (12) and daughter Alizba (7)."He had called up from Old Delhi Railway Station just before the train started to say that they are okay. We have been praying for their well being and safety since then. We have no hopes left, except in god," said Shabbir's sister Farhat Parween, who lives in Gaya. Their mother Maimum Nisa also stays in the town.After waiting for two days for news, Jawed left Wednesday for Panipat to try and find out the whereabouts of his brother.The brothers said the railway police in Panipat and railway officials in New Delhi had not been able to provide information about Shabbir. "Their names do not figure in the list of the casualties," said Mohammed Maimun.Shabbir was visiting Gaya after 16 years and had spent over a month. He had left with a promise to come again when he boarded a train in Gaya for New Delhi to catch the Samjhauta Express.
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