Partition stories: 'We all wanted to go to Pakistan'

A refugee family in a camp after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 in Pakistan.

A refugee family in a camp after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 in Pakistan. Source: Getty / KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho

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Kaneez Fatima has been living in Sydney for the past half century. She was nine years old at the time of partition. Listen to her memories in this podcast.

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