Islamabad: An Indian freight train carrying a consignment of around 1,320 tons of relief supplies for Pakistan's earthquake victims has been stranded in Lahore since November 23 over payment of customs duties.
No official of either the federal or the provincial government has formally received the train yet.
A Pakistan Railway official said that at present, they have no budget for the purpose and the train cannot move further without payment of Customs duties.
The train has on board the third consignment of relief supply sent by India. Twenty-two bogies with blankets, tents, warm cloths, medicines and dry food items await the Pakistani government's approval to make the delivery.
The Pakistan Railways officials however claimed that the documents provided by India were incomplete, which is why the goods were not handed over to the provincial and federal government.
Indian High Commission officials on the other hand say that they sent an official to Lahore to receive the train.
However, Pakistani Railway officials told him that there was no need for formal handing over as India has already dispatched two trains with relief goods earlier.
In all, India has sent four consignments of relief goods, one by plane and the rest by trains. The first three consignments were formally handed over by the Indian High Commission officials to the Pakistan officials.
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