About 76 people were travelling in each of the bogies, and it is yet unascertained that how many people jumped off the train to save their lives, "but we can foresee that the death toll will sharply rise," she added.

Two economy class and one business class carriages of the train were affected in the train, the country's Railway Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad told local media.

Aslam said that gas cylinders are not allowed in the train, but the passengers were hiding them in their bags, cheating the railway security team, while getting onboard.

The train Tezgam Express was on its way to Punjab's Rawalpindi from southern port city of Karachi.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed sorrow over the incident and directed hospital authorities to provide best possible medical treatment to the injured people, the prime minister office said.

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