Ludhiana resident Gurmail Singh Grewal meets sister Sakina Bi residing in Pakistan’s Sheikhupura | Pakistani YouTuber Nasir Dhillon facilitates meeting
Gurdaspur: Separated from each other 76 years ago, a Ludhiana-based man walked over to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan through the Kartarpur corridor to meet his sister living in the neighbouring country, a special report in The Tribbune, Chandigarh says.
A Pakistan-based social media influencer Nasir Dhillon acted as the facilitator of this reunion, held on Monday, August 7.
His YouTube channel “Punjabi Lehar” started a in 2016, helps separated kin on both sides of the border fingd their loved ones.
Last year, Dhillon had uploaded a video in which Sakina Bi of Gurdas village in Pakistan’s Sheikhupura district could be seen appealing to her brother Gurmail Singh Grewal of Jassowal Sudan village in Ludhiana district to come and meet her.
The video was seen by Jagtar Singh, Sarpanch, Jassowal Sudan village.
Jagtar immediately got in touch with Dhillon and informed him that Grewal was a resident of his village. He also informed him that Grewal would be coming to Pakistan on August 7.
Accordingly, Dhillon informed Sakina Bi, who arrived at the Darbar Sahib shrine yesterday along with 16 of her relatives, which included her daughters and sons-in-law.
Grewal was accompanied by panch Pritpal Singh Brar. The brother and sister exchanged gifts, which included biscuits, a watch and a Rakhi. Dhillon has facilitated scores of such meetings in which blood relatives separated during Partition get a chance to meet each other.
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