<p> India on Friday continued to press Pakistan to trace the two clerics from the Nizamuddin Dargah of Delhi as more than 48 hours has passed since they disappeared.<br /><br />“We have taken up this matter with the Government of Pakistan and requested them for an update on both the Indian nationals in Pakistan,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted.<br /><br />New Delhi conveyed to Islamabad its concerns over disappearance of Syed Asif Ali Nizami and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami when both of them were on a religious tour to Pakistan.<br /><br />The Nizamuddin Dargah has a strong spiritual link with Data Darbar in Lahore. The clerics of Nizamuddin Dargah have visited Pakistan several times in the past.<br /><br />“Indian nationals Syed Asif Ali Nizami aged 80 years and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami had gone to Pakistan on 8 March 2017,” tweeted Sushma. Sources in New Delhi said that the clerics reached Lahore Airport together to catch a flight to Karachi.<br /><br />Nazim Ali was asked to de-board the plane, while Asif Ali was allowed to fly to Karachi, sources in New Delhi said. <br /><br />While Nazim Ali went missing from Lahore Airport, Asif Ali called up his family in Delhi from Karachi to inform about disappearance of his younger brother. <br /><br />Asif Ali, too, could not be traced or contacted after he made the last call to Delhi from Karachi. Also missing is a Pakistani national who had come to receive Asif Ali at the Karachi Airport.<br /><br /></p>
<p> India on Friday continued to press Pakistan to trace the two clerics from the Nizamuddin Dargah of Delhi as more than 48 hours has passed since they disappeared.<br /><br />“We have taken up this matter with the Government of Pakistan and requested them for an update on both the Indian nationals in Pakistan,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted.<br /><br />New Delhi conveyed to Islamabad its concerns over disappearance of Syed Asif Ali Nizami and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami when both of them were on a religious tour to Pakistan.<br /><br />The Nizamuddin Dargah has a strong spiritual link with Data Darbar in Lahore. The clerics of Nizamuddin Dargah have visited Pakistan several times in the past.<br /><br />“Indian nationals Syed Asif Ali Nizami aged 80 years and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami had gone to Pakistan on 8 March 2017,” tweeted Sushma. Sources in New Delhi said that the clerics reached Lahore Airport together to catch a flight to Karachi.<br /><br />Nazim Ali was asked to de-board the plane, while Asif Ali was allowed to fly to Karachi, sources in New Delhi said. <br /><br />While Nazim Ali went missing from Lahore Airport, Asif Ali called up his family in Delhi from Karachi to inform about disappearance of his younger brother. <br /><br />Asif Ali, too, could not be traced or contacted after he made the last call to Delhi from Karachi. Also missing is a Pakistani national who had come to receive Asif Ali at the Karachi Airport.<br /><br /></p>
