ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court will hear the case of the Tezgam train fire incident on 24th February.
IHC Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani conducted the hearing in which he heard the plea filed against the same case.
In the petition, the petitioner Riaz Hanif Rahi requested the court of an independent inquiry into the Tezgam train fire incident.
During the hearing, IHC summoned inquiry record over the train fire incident from the federal government and ordered the Interior Secretary, Secretary Railways to appear in the upcoming hearing related to the same case.
Last year in October, 73 lives were lost and 40 others injured when a fire caught the Tezgam Express train due to an explosion of a cylinder. It was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi.
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