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46 visas issued so far to victims' kin

Nirupama Subramanian

ISLAMABAD: By Tuesday evening, the Indian High Commission's temporary visa camp at Lahore had issued 46 visas to the relatives of the Samjhauta Express victims, an official said.

Initially, it was expected that more people would want to travel. But the arrival on Monday night of more than 500 passengers by the Samjhauta Express laid to rest the worries of a large number of families that had at first besieged the camp office with enquiries about the visas.

"The arrival of the train was a good thing. For many people, when the train came, and they saw their relatives, automatically the confusion was over, so they did not come for visas. Otherwise there would have been more people applying," said M.K. Mustafi, one of the officials at the camp.

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