Missing clerics of Delhi's Nizamuddin Dargah are in Karachi, says intelligence
This wasn't the first visit to Pakistan for either of the Delhi based Sufi clerics. While Asif Nizami was visiting Pakistan after 30 years, Nazim Nizami keeps going to Pakistan on various occasions and meetings as he is a prominent priest in the Muslim community.Intelligence agencies suggest that both the Indian national Sufi clerics who went missing in Pakistan are in Karachi. The two Sufi clerics who have been missing in Pakistan since March 16th may be in North Karachi suggest intelligence sources. Syed Asif Ali Nizami and his nephew Nazim Nizami went to Pakistan on March 8th and were scheduled to return on March 20th but their phones are switched off and their whereabouts unknown.
"My father's sister lives in Pakistan. The last we know about my father and cousin is that my cousin Nizam was asked to stay back in Lahore regarding some paperwork. My father was asked to proceed to Karachi. When he landed he contacted the person who was at the airport to receive him, but he never stepped out of the airport," said Syed Sajid Ali Nizami, missing cleric Asif Nizami's elder son.
The Nizami family met with officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and Home Ministry. "Both Sushma Swaraj and Rajnath Singh have taken cognisance of the issue and promised urgent action. They have assured us that my father and cousin will reach back soon," said Sajid Nizami. This wasn't the first visit to Pakistan for either of the Delhi based Sufi clerics. While Asif Nizami was visiting Pakistan after 30 years, Nazim Nizami keeps going to Pakistan on various occasions and meetings as he is a prominent priest in the Muslim community.
"Both of them went to meet Asif's sister and to pay their respects at various shrines in Lahore. Asif Nizami is above 80 years of age and is a heart patient. I hope nothing happens to him and he returns home safe," said Shujauddin Nizami, one of the head priests at the Harzat Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi. Reports suggest that the clerics were possibly stopped by Pakistani authorities due to inadequate paperwork which posed as a hurdle to them travelling around Pakistan. "They had all their paperwork in place. If there was a problem then I think travelling from India to Pakistan in international flight would have had problems. I do not see how domestic flights should be a problem when it comes to their paperwork. I'm sure it wasn't just paperwork," said Sajid Nizami.
Both Asif Ali Nizami and Nazim Nizami were senior clerics at the Harzat Nizamuddin Dargah in the national capital.
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