Two Indian Sufi clerics, who had gone missing in Pakistan for the past three days, surfaced in Karachi on Saturday. The clerics identified as Asif Nizami and his friend Nazim Nizami, belong to Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah. The duo had travelled to Pakistan to visit their relatives in Karachi and, then, embarked on a visit to Lahore. The two Indian clerics surfaced in Karachi and told media that they had gone to meet their devotees in interior Sindh, where there was no phone connectivity.
BR Staff Reporter from Islamabad adds: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday had a telephonic conversation with Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and sought his help in the recovery of the two missing Indian clerics, hours before they appeared in Karachi.
"I spoke to Mr. Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan PM's Adviser on foreign affairs regarding missing Indian nationals, Syed Asif Ali Nizami and Nazim Ali Nizami of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah. He assured me of all help in tracing the missing clerics, " Swaraj stated in a tweet, adding Sartaj Aziz was currently in London.