At least 65 people lost their lives on Thursday as a fire broke out on a train in Pakistan, news agency ANI reported. The fire broke out after a gas cylinder exploded inside the train which the passengers were using to cook breakfast.

At least 65 killed as train catches fire in Pakistan, several injured

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed grief over the Karachi-Rawalpindi Tezgam Express tragedy that claimed the lives of 62 people and injured several others.

Tezgam train tragedy: Prime Minister Imran Khan expresses grief

The death toll from a train collision in central Pakistan rose to 23 on Friday after several people succumbed to their injuries overnight, officials said. The incident took place Thursday in Rahim Yar Khan district in Punjab province when a passenger train coming from the eastern city of Lahore rammed into a goods train that had stopped at a crossing.

Death toll in Pakistan train collision rises to 23

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At least 65 killed as train catches fire in Pakistan, several injured

Tezgam train tragedy: Prime Minister Imran Khan expresses grief

Death toll in Pakistan train collision rises to 23