Love in the time of atrocities

Nonagenarian Muhammad Khan Naqshbandi found his soulmate amid the horrors of partition

Ninety-four-year-old Muhammad Khan Naqshbandi and his 86-year-old wife Masooda have been living in Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, since 1953. “I completed my Masters in Journalism from Punjab University in 1947, soon after which Partition happened,” Naqshbandi tells The Express Tribune. “It shattered my family. My mother was killed in front of my eyes, while we lost my six-year-old sister Sorayya. It was a traumatic experience, which left life-long wounds on me and my siblings. Later, I met my wife who was working at a refugee camp. It was love at first sight. We tied the knot in 1951 and settled in Lahore where I worked as a journalist before moving to Rawalpindi.”

Huma Choudhary is a photojournalist working for The Express Tribune in Islamabad.

Published in The Express Tribune, Sunday Magazine, August 9^th, 2015.