ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha kept his date with Zain Zia, daughter of former president Gen Mohammad Ziaul Haq, with whom he had an emotional meeting on Wednesday.

The special brother-sister relationship, which the two have nurtured for the past over 25 years, was rekindled with a warm meeting at the latter’s residence in Islamabad.   Mr Sinha accompanied with his BJP colleagues Yashwant Sinha and Syed Shahnawaz Hussain and NCP leader Supriya Sule went to Gen Zia’s residence to meet his daughter, who regards him as an elder brother.—Dawn/The Times of India News Service

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