Click to play videoPoonch: When Jammu and Kashmir was celebrating the Poonch-Rawalkot bus service between India and Pakistan, Barkat Bi – a resident of Jallas village on the border - was silently waiting for news from across the fence about her husband Niaz Mohammad.
The couple had been separated during the 1965 Indo-Pak War and unfortunately since couldn't unite because of the tense military situation across the Line of Control (LoC).
Bi received the news of her husband moving from one village to another through some visitors some time ago. Later, she also heard of her daughter's wedding.
Mosques on either side of the LoC have been a source of information for her. It’s there that important announcements are made to inform the people on both sides of the border as to what was happening on the other side.
"Jis wala azaan hon awazan aane. Sawera di azaan koi faut ho jaaye (When prayers are being offered in mosques in Pakistan we can clearly hear them. Whenever they make announcements of someone’s death or anything important in the mosques, we hear because it keeps us informed. I heard about my daughters wedding also from people who had come from Pakistan)," Barkat Bi says.
Rawalakot bus service seems to be the last hope of Barkat Bi who are still waiting to get clearances and the paper work from the authorities, to go to Pakistan.
Barkat and Niaz were united in love and divided by the borders. A distance of mere 800 meters has kept them apart for over 40 years. Hopefully, the wheels of change would finally bridge this gap.
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