Waliullah Maroof

Pattoki Babaji Returns to Bangladesh after 35 years

Mr. Abdul Kabir Choudhry contacted us from Patoki, Punjab. In search of a job, he crossed into India from Bangladesh 35 years ago and then into Pakistan. He lost his identity papers. Back home in Khunlna, Bangladesh, he has a wife, children and siblings. This is the story of his 35 years of solitude, turning […]

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After 39 Years Apart, Maryam Reunites with Her Brothers in India — Bound by Time and Hope

Maryam Abbasi from Hyderabad, India was married to Saleh Mohammad Naaji, in 1983, who was a Yemeni. They initially settled in Qatar where the husband used to drive a taxi. She used to send letters and photographs from Qatar to her family in India. After a couple of years they moved to Yemen and soon

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28 Years Later: Rehana Finds Her Father in Malaysia — A Journey of Love, Loss, and Reunion

I received a call. Here is how it went. This was the information we got from the call. The girl’s name is Rehana Rana.Her father’s name is Ashraf Mohammad Rana (possibly Mohammad Ashraf Rana, as she wrote it as Ashraf Mohammad Rana).Her grandmother’s name (paternal) was Maryam.He had two brothers and one sister — one brother has passed away. The younger brother’s

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Stolen Childhood, Silent 6 Decades — Hamida Comes Home

We received and posted Hamida’s case on social media 10th of February 2025 Hamida was abducted and sold sixty years ago. Here is what she remembers. I am originally from Mardan, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. My father’s name was Noor Khan and mother’s name was Naz Bibi. My full brother’s name is Yar Muhammad, and my elder brother from my stepmother’s

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Asif’s 33 years journey ends happily in full public eye

We posted Asif’s story on our social media page on 20th of June 2025. Here is how it went. This brother’s name is Muhammad Asif. We are looking for Asif’s biological family. It has been reported that Muhammad Asif was abducted from the shrine of Imam Bari Sarkar (In Islamabad) in 1992. He was sleeping between his parents

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