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Long-lost girl reunited with family

Our Correspondent June 20, 2026 Less than a minute read

An ambulances carrying the bodies of victims, who were killed in Jaffar Express train hijacking, in Quetta on March 13, 2025. Photo: Reuters/File

KARACHI:

The Edhi Foundation has reunited a woman with her family 14 years after she was found abandoned at Karachi Cantt as a 14-year-old girl.

According to a spokesperson, the foundation continues its mission of tracing and reuniting missing persons housed in its shelter homes with their families.

He said the girl, identified as Sana Sultan, daughter of Sultan, was brought to the Edhi Shelter Home in Sohrab Goth on April 16, 2012, from the Cantt Railway Help Centre.

Efforts to trace her family remained ongoing for over a decade. On Friday, June 19, 2026, her relatives were finally identified and she was handed over from the Sohrab Goth Shelter Home to her sister and brother-in-law, who had travelled from Punjab.

Following the formal handover, she departed for her hometown in Lahore.

The spokesperson said emotional scenes were witnessed during the reunion, with the family expressing gratitude to the Edhi Foundation for its efforts. He added that the woman originally belongs to Ganj-e-Shah area of Lahore and was identified through the Punjab Safe Cities Programme.