Separated by Partition for 74 years, Indian man arrives in Pakistan to meet long-lost brother

Sikka Khan arrived in Pakistan to meet his brother Mohammad Siddique on Saturday, March 26.

Two brothers reunited after 74 years of being separated from each other due to the Partition. Sikka Khan Habib finally arrived in Pakistan via the Attari border on Saturday to be pay his brother Mohammad Siddique a visit.

The Partition of 1947 left Sikka Khan with his mother in India and his elder brother Siddique with his father in Pakistan, never to be together again. Incidentally, the octogenarian siblings met in-person for the first time at the Kartarpur Corridor in January this year. A video of their emotional reunion went viral on social media as well. Before their brief meeting, they used to talk on video call as well.

Watch the video of their reunion:

Sikka Khan was granted a visa for three months so that he could visit his brother in Pakistan. The two siblings met on Saturday evening. Sikka said that he had bought gifts for Siddique and his children. He was also grateful to the authorities for the visa.

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