GUJRANWALA: A family in Maju Chak is celebrating a tearful reunion with one of their sons separated at the time of partition in Rajuri in Indian held Kashmir.

A family after migrating from India in 1947 settled in Maju Chak of Gujranwala district along with their four sons and two daughters. However, the family lost their fifth son in India.

A man who knew the family of the separated boy told Salmat Hussain Gujjar of Maju Chak that their lost brother (Ghulam Hussain) was living in India.

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The two brothers got in contact with each other and Ghulam Hussain made a journey to Gujrnawala to meet his family after 65 years.

Ghulam Hussain said that he was born on July 1, 1947 and got separated from his family when he was only seven-month-old.

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2015