Christian family separated during Partition unites

Lahore: The second-generation members of a Christian family that got separated during the Partition were reunited after 35 years amid an outpour of emotions at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, underscoring the success of the visa-free corridor in bringing people of India and Pakistan closer.

Videos and images of the family’s tearful reunion, which shows them hugging and talking to each other has gone viral, a poignant, bittersweet moment that has tugged at the heartstrings of many and also sent social media into a meltdown.

On Friday, Shahid Raiq Mithu, a resident of Mananawala in Nankana district in Pakistan arrived with 40 members of his family and met Sonu Mithu, a resident of Shahpur Dogran, a village in Ajnala tehsil in Amritsar and his eight members. Mithu said his late grandfather Iqbal Masih had migrated to Pakistan during the Partition, while Iqbal’s brother Inayat stayed back in India.  (PTI)