Split families still suffer after 75 years of India-Pakistan partition

Ali Hassan Baqai, 76, whose family was divided by the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, speaks with his wife Shaistan Ali, as they go through the family picture album, at home in Karachi, Pakistan August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

KARACHI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Ali Hasan Baqai and Abid Hasan Baqai, brothers split for 75 years by the partition of India and Pakistan, talk with their families on a video call, words and tears binding them but with no hope of reunion.

Thousands of families like the Baqai brothers remain divided three-quarters of a century after their countries were formed in the rupture of independence from British-ruled India in 1947.