The clerics had gone missing in Pakistan on March 14.
"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 two missing Indian clerics -- Syed Asif Nizami, the head priest (Sajjadanashin) of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah, and and his nephew Nazim Nizami -- reached Karachi this evening.
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.
"His phone earlier was turned off but it is ringing. We will speak to him soon. We also got a call from the Indian government, we want to thank them (Pehle phone switch off aa rha tha, ab bell ja raha hai. Jald hi baat ho jayegi unse: Aamir Nizami,son of Asif Nizami who went missing in Pak. Humari unsey baat nahi hui hai. Bharat Sarkar ka bhi phone aaya,shukirya karte hain)," Aamir Nizami, son of Asif Nizami.
They were reportedly in the custody of Pakistan's intelligence agency over their alleged links with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), official sources said on Saturday."The personnel of an intelligence took both the clerics into custody after getting them offloaded and shifted them to an undisclosed location for investigation. They are being interrogated for their alleged links with Altaf's partymen in Karachi," the sources said.
The clerics were on a pilgrimage to Pakistan and had gone missing on March 14, prompting India to take up the matter with Islamabad. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had said that she has taken up the matter with Islamabad.
The clerics went to Karachi to meet their relatives after which they headed to Lahore to visit the shrines of Sufi saints.
Syed Asif Ali Nizami is the head priest of New Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah.
akistan has launched a crackdown on the MQM after party leader Hussain made anti-Pakistan comments during speeches at a hunger strike camp in Karachi last year. Pakistan has charged the self-exiled leader in London with treason for his inflammatory speech that incited party workers to attack media outlets.
Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria yesterday said Pakistan was "pro-actively pursuing" and have asked all departments concerned to look into the matter.
With inputs from agencies.
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