Married Life and Family
At the age of 16, he married Barkat Bibi in August 1927, who died on 9 January 1978 and was buried at Salarwala. His family consists of five daughters and one son; his son Mian Muhammad Anwar, died on 26 April 1981, at the age of 45.
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