Missing Sufi clerics arrive in Delhi, to meet Sushma Swaraj

The two Sufi clerics of Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, who had gone missing in Pakistan, arrived in Delhi on Monday morning.

Syed Asif Ali Nizami and his friend Nazim Nizami had travelled to Pakistan to visit their relatives in Karachi and then embarked on a pilgrimage to Lahore.

However, one of them went missing in Karachi and the other in Lahore. Syed Asif Ali Nizami is the head priest of the Dargah.

The Indian authorities had raised the issue with the Pakistan Foreign Ministry seeking its help in tracing their missing citizens. 

Later, the two clerics surfaced in Karachi and told that they had gone to meet their devotees in interior Sindh, where there was no phone connectivity.

The clerics will meet External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

On Sunday, Swaraj had stated that she spoke to Syed Nazim Ali Nizami, one of the missing clerics, and was assured they were safe and would be back to Delhi on Monday.

(With ANI inputs)