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The two Sufi clerics reported missing in Pakistan return to Delhi

| | Mar 20, 2017, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi, Mar 20 (IBNS) : The two Sufi clerics of Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, who had gone missing in Pakistan, returned to the national capital on Monday,reports said.

After their arrival in New Delhi, the two clerics- Syed Asif Nizami and Nizam Ali Nizami thanked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for her efforts.

Both   are expected to meet Swaraj.

The two clerics were reported missing after they travelled to Lahore on  March eight.

On Sunday, Swaraj said she had spoken  to Syed Nazim Ali Nizami in Karachi and was assured they were safe and would be back to Delhi on Monday.

On Saturday, she  took up the issue of the clerics’ disappearance with Pakistan Prime Minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz.

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