Lahore, Nov 27: Two Muslim sisters, who were separated from their Sikh brother during the partition of 1947, had an emotional reunion on Sunday at Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib after more than 70 years.
As reported by Hindustan Times, the three siblings originally hailed from a village near Dera Baba Nanak in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
Ulfat Bibi and Mairaj Bibi met and hugged Beant Singh for the first time in over seven decades.
Before the partition, the siblings lived with their family members in Paracha village near Dera Baba Nanak. But when they were migrating to Pakistan, the partition violence separated the two sisters from the brother.
The sisters had managed to settle with the family in Pakistan. Beant Singh, however, couldn’t cross the border and remained in India.
For more than 70 years, Beant had been in touch with Ulfat and Mairaj through letters. But recently, he finally met them in person after he travelled to Pakistan as a part of the Sikh Janta (group) from India.
Ulfat Bibi told Express Tribune that she will now be allowed to travel to India to meet her sister-in-law and other family members.
According to reports, the sisters also appealed to the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to extend Beant Singh’s visa.
The reunion comes after Pakistan and India decided to open the Kartarpur corridor.The move is intended to facilitate the visit of Sikh pilgrims to Kartarpur Sahib.
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