The Pakistan Foreign Office on Friday said they have taken the matter of tracing the two Indian Sufi clerics who went missing in Pakistan since Wednesday.
Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria confirmed the request which had been received and forwarded to the Interior Ministry, who are pursuing the matter.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said she had spoken to the Pakistani authorities regarding the matter seeking immediate repatriation.
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"We have taken up this matter with government of Pakistan and requested them for an update on both the Indian nationals in Pakistan," Sushma tweeted.
The two Indian nationals identified as Syed Asif li Nizami and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami, who went to Pakistan on March 17, was reported missing after they landed at Karachi airport.
"Indian nationals Syed Asif li Nizami aged 80 years and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami had gone to Pakistan on March 8, 2017. Both are missing after they landed at Karachi airport," she added.
Syed Asif Ali Nizami is the head priest (Sajjadanashin) of Hazrat Nizammuddin Aulia dargah. The two priests had gone to Pakistan as part of exchanges between Hazrat Nizamuddin dargah in India and Data Darbar in Lahore.
The two priests were last seen together at Data Darbar Sufi shrine in Lahore.
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