Victims of Samjhauta Express blasts continue to await justice: FO

Samjhauta Express train blasts resulted in the death of 68 passengers.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan on Tuesday reiterated its demand for justice for victims of Samjhauta Express blasts.

Statement issued by Foreign Office states that inordinate delay in justice for the victims of Samjauta Express blasts, despite the availability of evidence, illustrates the unwillingness of the Indian government to hold the perpetrators to account for their barbaric action.

Thirteen years ago, on 18 February, the Delhi-Lahore Samjhauta Express train blasts resulted in the death of 68 passengers, including more than 40 Pakistani nationals.

“Last year’s acquittal of the self-confessed mastermind of the attack, Swami Aseemanand, and some other accused, only reconfirms the culture of impunity that the perpetrators of terrorist attacks enjoy under the RSS/BJP-led, Hindutva-driven, political dispensation in India”, the Foreign Office stated.

While expressing solidarity with the families of the victims, FO said that Pakistan reminds the Indian government of its responsibility to take serious and credible steps to bring the perpetrators of the Samjhauta Express blasts to justice at the earliest and without further delay.