Khalil Chishti Returns Home

Pakistan's ailing virologist Khalil Chishti had an emotional reunion with his family, 20 years after he had left for a fateful trip to India, as hundreds welcomed him on a homecoming that he described as a "fresh lease of life".Mr Chishti arrived to moving and tearful scenes at the Karachi airport where hundreds of people had gathered to welcome hi...

Dr Khalil Chishty, an 80-year-old Pakistani virologist who has spent many years at a prison in Ajmer, has been allowed by the Supreme Court to travel to his home in Karachi.

In April 1992, Dr Khalil Chishty, a virologist from Karachi visited his ailing mother in Ajmer. Dr Chishty did not know that he would not return home to Pakistan for the next two decades.

Pakistan's ailing virologist Khalil Chishti had an emotional reunion with his family, 20 years after he had left for a fateful trip to India, as hundreds welcomed him on a homecoming that he described as a "fresh lease of life".Mr Chishti arrived to moving and tearful scenes at the Karachi airport where hundreds of people had gathered to welcome hi...

Dr Khalil Chishty, an 80-year-old Pakistani virologist who has spent many years at a prison in Ajmer, has been allowed by the Supreme Court to travel to his home in Karachi.

In April 1992, Dr Khalil Chishty, a virologist from Karachi visited his ailing mother in Ajmer. Dr Chishty did not know that he would not return home to Pakistan for the next two decades.