Three Sikh, Muslim siblings reunite in Pakistan after 1947

Three Sikh, Muslim siblings reunite in Pakistan after 1947

*LAHORE - *Baba Guru Nanak Devji’s 549th birth anniversary i the Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib, Punjab witnessed an emotional reunion of siblings on Sunday.

Two Muslim sisters – Ulfat Bibi, Mairaj Bibi – hugged and greeted their Sikh brother Sardar Bayanth Singh whom they had not met after over seven decades.

The family was resident of Paracha village near Dera Baba Nanak Gurdaspur, India before the historic partition. However, in the partition a daughter and son went missing.

The family later migrated to Pakistan leaving behind their two children. The mother, Allah Rakhhi, later contacted one of her former neighbours and learnt the whereabouts of her son Bayanth.