ISLAMABAD, Jan. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- A passenger train derailed into a ravine near the Jhelum city, about 100 kilometers northeast of Islamabad on Sunday.

Pakistani army soldiers gather near a carriage after a train crash in the village of Domeli in eastern Punjab province. (Reuters)

    The non-stop train was heading to the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore from Rawalpindi, some 30 kilometers south of Islamabad, according to the APP news agency and other press reports reaching here. The cause of the derailment was not immediately known.

    The APP news agency quoted the Traffic Office of Pakistan Railway as saying that seven of the ten carriages of the train derailed from the track.

    "There are fears of loss of lives, we are trying to get details," said Abdul Rehman, the chief controller of Pakistan Railways.

    Trains with emergency service personnel have been dispatched to the scene of the derailment from Lahore, Rehman added. Enditem