The Kartarpur Corridor reunited two old friends who were separated at the time of partition of the sub-continent.
The two nonagenarian friends, Muhammad Bashir (91), a resident of a village in Narowal, and Sardar Gopal Singh (94) from India had got separated at the time of partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. Upon reuniting, the two friends did not wait to embrace each other with teary eyes.
As per the sources, Bashir visited the gurdwara as a visitor, where he recognized his old friend Gopal Singh who had crossed the border to perform religious rites at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib.
Bashir stated that even before the Partition, both the friends used to visit Baba Guru Nanak’s Gurdwara. Gopal Singh added that before Pakistan was formed, both of them were in their early youth. The two friends then sat together at the lunch, ate food and had tea.
Gopal Singh expressed joy at the project of Kartarpur Corridor and thanked the government of Pakistan for it, before returning to India.
The Indian Sikhs pilgrims and Pakistani visitors to the gurdwara who were present at the scene also expressed happiness at the meeting of the two long lost friends who were separated by the border.
