Hazrat Nizamuddin dargah’s Sajjada Nashin of Delhi had gone missing in Pakistan and India had requested help from Pakistan in this regard.
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Saeed Asif Ali Nizami had came from India to meet his relatives in Pakistan. His disappearance was informed by Indian High Commissioner.
We have taken up this matter with Government of Pakistan and requested them for an update on both the Indian nationals in Pakistan./4
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) March 17, 2017
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Friday that she has taken up the matter of Nizamuddin Dargah head priest and his nephew going missing in Pakistan with the government of that country.
Indian nationals Syed Asif li Nizami aged 80 years and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami had gone to Pakistan on 8 March 2017. /1
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) March 17, 2017
“We have taken up this matter with Government of Pakistan and requested them for an update on both the Indian nationals in Pakistan,” tweeted Swaraj.
“Indian nationals Syed Asif li Nizami aged 80 years and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami had gone to Pakistan on 8 March 2017,” she added. Syed Asif was visiting his ailing sister in Karachi after many years while Nazim keeps visiting their relatives in Pakistan and Sufi shrines in the country annually.
Syed Asif Ali Nizami is Head Priest (Sajjadanashin) of Hazrat Nizammuddin Aulia dargah. /2
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) March 17, 2017
“They had gone to Lahore on March 14 to visit Daata Darbar (shrine) and were scheduled to return to Karachi in the evening of March 15 by Shaheen Air (flight no. NL149),” their Karachi-based relative, Syed Wazir Nizami, had told The Indian Express from the Pakistani port city. “While they were at the Lahore airport, I received a call from the airport.
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The caller did not tell his name, and mentioned that certain papers of my cousin Nazim were incorrect and so he was being detained and will not be able to travel to Karachi.’’
The Indian authorities have requested Pakistan government for assistance. “All the concerned departments are looking into the matter”, FO spokesman said.
On the other hand, Indian media suggests that two sufi saints, who belonged to Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin dargah, had gone missing in Pakistan. Asif Nizami and Nizam Nizami had earlier arrived in Karachi to meet their relatives.
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The two Sufi saints have been missing from Wednesday evening after attending the shrine.
