Click to play videoLahore: As he celebrated his birthday two months ago, Shamim was a happy nine-year-old surrounded by his family. But one moment of madness has changed it all.
Shamim suffered 50 per cent burns in the Samjhauta Express blasts and since then, has developed chest complications.
Doctors attending on him at Lahore's Medical College say Shamim's condition has deteriorated on Sunday although he was responding to treatment on Saturday.
"The patient is on ventilator and his condition is improving," ICU Incharge at Mayo Medical College, Dr Noor-ul-Hasan, had said earlier.
Shamim lost his 15-year-old brother Haris and father in the blasts and is himself lucky to have survived.
Pakistani authorities had airlifted him from New Delhi against medical advice even though he was in a very critical condition. He had been fighting his battle alone for the past two days but now, his elder brother Ishan is there to support him.
Ishan says he can't tell his family about how critical Shamim is as they won't be able to take it. But his religious training has taught him to be philosophical: "What can I say? There is a family that has lost 11 people. Their loss is so much greater."
Shamim's other brother Raju, who had gone to look for him in India, will be back on Tuesday's Samjhauta Express. But their happy family album will not look the same anymore.
The pain, the scars and the personal loss of Shamim's family echo both in India and Pakistan.
Even as doctors in Lahore's medical college work day and night to save Shamim, doctors who treated him at the Safdurjung Hospital pray for his recovery.
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