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Kasuri's visit as scheduled

Amit Baruah

New Delhi : There is no change in Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri's plans to travel to New Delhi on Tuesday for talks with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

"No. It [the blasts] will have no implications for the ongoing [India-Pakistan] peace process," Pakistani High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik told this correspondent when asked to comment on the train killings.

The External Affairs Ministry spokesman said: "The injured have been taken to hospitals in Panipat and in Delhi. The dead include a number of Pakistanis, many of them burnt beyond recognition." He said that efforts were being made to identify the bodies with the help of Pakistani authorities.

"The passport numbers of the passengers in the unreserved coaches affected by the explosions have been sent to Pakistani authorities for assistance in identification of the dead," he said. Asked if the Government was able to provide a figure of the number of Pakistanis killed in the blasts, he said efforts were being made to identify the bodies.

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