Bibi Hawwa, a woman reportedly 130 years old, is desperately waiting for her son’s release from Bangladesh.
A resident of Plai Sher Khana, a far-flung area of Malakand Agency, the aged and financially burdened mother has been waiting in anticipation for her son since the last 42 years. Her son, Abdul Jamil, went to Bangladesh, then known as East Pakistan, to work as a labourer along with his cousin Ghulam Sarwar.
However, following the separation of the state in 1971, Jamil lost all contact with his family. Bibi Hawwa was later informed that her son was languishing in a jail for unknown reasons. Abdul Jamil’s son, Gul Rehman told the media that his aged grandmother really wants to see her son before she breathes her last.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 21st, 2012.
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