March 17, 2017 7:51 PM

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Sushma Swaraj seeks update from Islamabad on Indian clerics missing in Pakistan

Two Indian clerics, including the head priest of New Delhi's Nizamuddin Dargah, have gone missing in Pakistan, prompting India to take up the matter with the Pakistani government.<br/><br/>External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said that she has taken up the matter with Pakistan's authorities. In a series of tweet, Mrs Swaraj said, She has also requested them for an update on both the Indian nationals in Pakistan. <br/><br/>Asif Nizami, the chief priest, and Nazim Nizami had gone to visit the famous Daata Darbar shrine in Lahore and were to catch a flight from there to Karachi on Wednesday.<br/><br/>The duo had gone to Karachi to meet their relatives on March 8 before travelling to Lahore to visit the shrine.<br/><br/>As per their families, while Asif was allowed to go to Karachi, Nazim was stopped at the Lahore airport on grounds of incomplete travel papers.<br/><br/>While Nazim went missing from Lahore airport, Asif went missing after arriving at the Karachi airport," an agency report said.<br/><br/>Exchanges between clerics of the Nizamuddin Dargah and the Daata Darbar are part of a regular tradition.

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