more-inConcerns over the whereabouts of two Indian Sufi clerics in Pakistan, including the 80-year-old “Sajjadnashin” or head priest of Delhi’s Nizamuddin Dargah and his 65-year-old nephew grew on Friday, with no word from the Pakistani authorities 48 hours after they were allegedly taken into custody. Also Read Two Sufi clerics go missing on Pak. Asif Nizami then flew alone to Karachi and even called his relative after landing to say that he would be out soon. Unnamed Pakistani officials quoted by local papers reportedly also raised the possibility that the clerics were “taken by militants”. However, Indian officials were skeptical of the theory, maintaining that the two were clearly stopped by officials inside the Lahore and Karachi airports.

Source: The Hindu March 17, 2017 11:53 UTC