Missing Nizamuddin dargah clerics traced to Sindh, expected to return on Monday

“Pakistan Foreign Office has confirmed that the two Indian clerics have been traced and reached Karachi,” a source said in New Delhi.

The confirmation came after external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj spoke to Pakistan Prime Minister’s adviser on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz, regarding the case. Aziz is in London currently.

The clerics – 82-year-old Asif Ali Nizami, head priest of the dargah, and his 66-year-old nephew Nizal Ali Nizami – were reportedly found in Sindh after disappearing. The two men were on a pilgrimage in Pakistan when their families lost contact with



them.

While the details remain unclear, Swaraj made a strong pitch to Aziz for tracing the clerics.

“I spoke to Mr. Sartaj Aziz Pakistan PM's Adviser on foreign affairs regarding missing Indian nationals,” she posted on Twitter on Saturday evening.

Officials say the clerics were traced soon after this call.

According to Pakistani media reports, both clerics had been in “interior Sindh where there was no communication network” and that is why they could not tell their relatives about there whereabouts. They will leave for India on March 20.