ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan High Commission in India issued a visa to an Indian citizen allow him to meet his family members in Pakistan who had been separated during the 1947 partition of the Subcontinent.
“Today, Pakistan High Commission issues visa to Sika Khan to visit his brother, Muhammed Siddique and other family members in Pakistan,” Pakistan High Commission announced on Twitter.
After a long time, I watched something that really made me a little emotional. Two brothers, one from India’s Punjab and the other from Pakistan’s Punjab, met in Kartarpur 74 years after they were separated. pic.twitter.com/AIlfPpDEPy
— Roohan Ahmed (@Roohan_Ahmed) January 12, 2022
The two brothers, separated in 1947, were recently reunited after 74 years at Kartarpur Sahib Corridor. A video of the siblings meeting each other at the Kartarpur Corridor had gone viral on social media, making people on both sides of the border shed happy tears.
Kartarpur is a border city where Pakistan, in late 2019, opened a visa-free crossing to allow Indian Sikh pilgrims access to one of the holiest sites of their religion, Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, which found itself on the Pakistani side of the border after the partition.
Prime Minister Imran Khan had inaugurated the Corridor in 2019 on the 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Baba Guru Nanak – an initiative lauded by the Sikh community in India as well as across the world.
Sika Khan also met with Chargé d’Affaires Aftab Hasan Khan and interacted with Mission’s officers. He appreciated his interaction and thanked the embassy staffers for the cooperation extended to him.
Sika Khan also met with CDA Aftab Hasan Khan and interacted with Mission’s officers. He appreciated his interaction and thanked the CDA for the cooperation extended to him. pic.twitter.com/ZS4zSpia9j
— Pakistan High Commission India (@PakinIndia) January 28, 2022
“I am so happy. I have received the visa. I will travel now and meet (my brother),” Sika Khan said in his video message while being at the High Commission.
During his visit in February 2020, UN Secretary General António Guterres had called Kartarpur Corridor a “Corridor of Hope” which allows visa-free crossing to Sikhs between nearby holy sites.
