The video of the reunion of Sikka Khan, a resident of the Indian state of Punjab, and Mohammed Siddique of Faisalabad, Pakistan, after years went viral on social media earlier this month. The two brothers, who could not meet after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, were able to come together 74 years later in the Kartarpur Gurdwara region in Pakistan.
VISA IS DECLARED
In a statement from the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, Sikka Khan has been granted a visa to visit his brother Mohammed Siddique and other family members in Pakistan.
“The story of the two brothers is a powerful example of how the historic opening of the visa-free Kartarpur Sahib Corridor by Pakistan in November 2019 brought people closer together,” the statement said. statements were included.
After the first meeting in Kartarpur, the two brothers asked for a visa to meet frequently.
HOW DID THEY GET TOGETHER AGAIN?
During the partition in 1947, Siddique stayed with her younger sister and father at her home in Jugaraun village of Ludhiana, India, while Siddique’s mother went to meet her family in Phulewal village with her brother Habib, who later became Sikka Khan.
After Siddique’s village was attacked during the partition, he fled to Faisalabad, Pakistan, taking his father Siddique and younger sister with him. His father was killed on the way, and his sister died later due to serious illness.
On the other hand, the mother, who could not stand this trauma, committed suicide and Habib, who was thought to be 10 at the time, was left alone.
In 2019, Pakistani YouTuber Nasir Dhillon uploaded a video of Siddique calling her brother. Jasgir Singh, a medical doctor from Phulewal village in Punjab, contacted Dhillon and eventually a video call was arranged between the two brothers.
Earlier this month, the two brothers met after 74 years in Pakistan’s Kartarpur Gurdwara district. (AA)