Will train blast get India-Pak in Samjhauta mode?

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A terror attack may be suspected, but the customary India-Pakistan blame game hasn't started yet. For the first time, Islamabad is using language familiar to South Block, reports CNBC-TV18.

Most of those who died in the blasts appear to be Pakistanis. Islamabad condemned it and warned that India bore full responsibility for the safety of Pakistani nationals in this country, but stopped at that. In Islamabad, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said the blasts were targeting the peace process.

"The timing is very, I suppose, indicative of the minds of those who've done it. I'll be leaving tomorrow for Delhi to further the peace process," said Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri, Foreign Minister, Pakistan.

"It is a tremendrous humanitarian tragedy," condemned Navtej Sarna, Spokesperson, Ministry Of External Affairs.

But a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, G Parthasarthy believes that the terror groups Pakistan has fed for so long, maybe turning against it.

"Whatever problems of terrorism Pak faces, it is of its own actions. It plays with fire and it gets its fingers burnt," said G Parthasarthy.

He warns that the infrastructure of terrorism still flourishes in Pakistan. Groups such as the Lashkar-i-Taiyyaba and Jaish-i-Mohammad function openly with government backing. This may not derail the peace process, he says, but would render the much hyped joint terror mechanism meaningless. It is meeting in Islamabad for the first time next month.

Even so, many would take comfort from the fact that India and Pakistan are working together on an issue that has divided them bitterly in the past.

Terrorism knows no national boundaries and religion - but by working together to provide humanitarian relief and assistance, India and Pakistan are sending another message that terrorism can unite even bitterly divided force.