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UAE leaders condole with Pakistan president and PM on train fire deaths

  • 01 Nov 2019
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People look at the burnt-out train carriages a day after a passenger train caught on fire in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, on Friday. AFP

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a cable of condolences to President of Pakistan Arif Alvi, expressing sympathy over the deaths of the massive fire that broke out on a moving train in eastern Punjab province on Thursday.

TrainFiredamagesA boy looks inside a burnt-out train carriage a day after a passenger train caught on fire in Rahim Yar Kha. AFP 

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, sent similar cables to President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan.

 

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