Jalandhar Sweets at Gujranwala
Mohammad Zafar,
owner of Jalandhar Sweets, had migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and settled in
Gujrawala. He started his business under the same name at Gujrawala.
“Our grandfather
had migrated from Jalandhar. He named his shop Jalandhar Sweets after moving to
Gujranwala. Now we have three such shops in Gujranwala. There is a Jalandhar
Sweets in Lahore also. They are also our distant relatives,” said Salman
mehmood, grandson of Mohammad Zafar.
He said, “We
never faced any issue with the name of the shops. No one ever objected to it. I
want to go to Jalandhar. I will soon after relations between both countries
normalise. We used to listen to stories of Partition from our grandmother.”
“Our business
and reputation is good by the grace of God. My grandfather had set up his shop
in Jalandhar city in 1922. He knew nothing other than confectionery. So he
started the same business again in Gujranwala. This name became our heritage,”
said Mehmood.
