Sikka Khan gets 30-day visa to attend last rites of his Pakistani brother
Sikka Khan gets 30-day visa to attend last rites of his Pakistani brother
Ferozepur, July 10, 2023: After 75 years of the partition of the country, Sikka Khan got the 30-day Visa to attend the last rites of his Pakistani brother- Sikkan Khan (Mohammad Habib Gujjar) and Muhammad Sadiq, who met at Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Narowal district, with the efforts of Pak based Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi, Chairman, Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation.
Soon after on July 3, the Pakistani brother was separated from his Indian brother forever after a brief illness. On reaching Pakistan by corridor, Sikka Khan of Phulewala village of Bathinda district met his brother Muhammad Sadiq and his family living in Faisalabad district of Pakistan.
Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation Chairman, Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi, is advocate by profession and social activist, is fighting to prove the innocence of Bhagat Singh besides pursuing the Pakistan government to name the Shadman chowk as Bhagat Singh Chowk. He said that due to the efforts of his organization Sikka Khan has been issued a 30-day visa to stay in Faisalabad only by the Pakistan Embassy in New Delhi to attend the last rites of his late brother Sadiq Gujjar.
At the time of partition in 1947, the mother of Sikka Khan had taken them to her village Phulewala and lateron riots broke out and brother of Sikka Khan left Jagraon with his family but there was no further contact. Sikka Khan’s mother became mentally disturbed and ended her life by jumping herself in the canal, he added.
Qureshi said that due to the efforts of his organization, Sikan Khan has been issued a 30-day visa to stay in Sir Faisalabad by the local Pakistani embassy to attend the funeral of his late brother Sadiq Gujjar.
Qureshi said, still hundreds of people on both sides – India and Pakistan – who are above 60 years, are interested to visit each other’s place but because of Visa it could not be possible. He appealed to both the governments to show generosity in giving Visa like other diplomats in normal course, there will definitely be normalcy in relations between the two countries.
Photo: An old pic of Sikkan Khan and Muhammad Sadiq and visa issued by Pakistan