Lahore: Much like the landmark Kartarpur Corridor that connects India and Pakistan, Punjabi Lehr, the Pakistan-based YouTube channel that brought together two brothers separated by Partition after 74 years and got many a little teary-eyed, has reunited over 200 friends and families across the border.
Motivated by stories of partition
My grandfather was from Indian Punjab’s village of Panjwar in Tarn Taran. He would tell me stories of the Partition, which kindled my interest in doing something to reunite lost families. Nasir Dhillon, Vlogger
A video of the tearful reunion, showing the elderly brothers, one from India and another from Pakistan, hugging each other at the visa-free Kartarpur Corridor this week, has gone viral.
The emotional meeting of 84-year-old Saddique Khan from Pakistan’s Punjab and his brother from Indian Punjab, Habib, alias Sikka Khan, lasted more than an hour before the brothers returned to their respective homes.
The reunion of the two octogenarian brothers separated during Partition in 1947, in addition to being a showstopper for pilgrims in Kartarpur, also put a spotlight on the Pakistan-based YouTube channel that helped them meet and hug each other after 74 years.
Nasir Dhillon, who runs his channel with over 5,31,000 subscribers, says the channel’s aim is “to bridge the gap between the people of east and west Punjab created by Partition”. “With the help of the people from both sides, we have reunited over 200 friends and families across the border,” said Dhillon. He runs the channel with Bhupinder Singh Lovely of Nankana Sahib.