Jamaal recounts to himself the events that led to him leaving India and migrating to Pakistan after The Great Indian Partition, which explains the title and allows for a narration in the past tense.

• Qavi Khan
• Khayyam Sarhadi
• Faysal Qureshi
• Samina Peerzada
• Qaisar Naqvi
• Zhalay Sarhadi
• Zeba Ali
• Tipu