Thursday, March 24 2005 18:55 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Pakistani actress Meera, who was held up at the Delhi airport for not carrying proper travel documents, said on Thursday (March 24, 2005) that she believed her entry into the capital was made possible only after a "divine intervention" by Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya.

She also empathised with Bollywood actor Raza Murad, who was reportedly denied visa to Pakistan. "It is a miracle by Nizamuddin Baba that I am here with you all, taking part in this peace march.

"Otherwise, it was just not possible. I had been put on a flight to Lahore and the plane had started moving when the permission to enter Delhi was finally given," Meera told reporters in New Delhi.

Meera, who visited Mahatma Gandhi's 'samadhi' at Rajghat, along with filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt to spend some time with the participants in an Indo-Pak peace march from Delhi to Multan, said she prayed to the Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya for peace between India and Pakistan.

Meera landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday to take part in the peace march but was held up at the airport for nearly six hours as her visa mentioned Mumbai as the port of entry.

Her detention ended in Bollywood-style high-drama, as officials from the Ministries of External Affairs and Home reached the airport and got her off the plane to Lahore facilitating her entry into the national capital.

Empathising with Murad, she said, "I apologise to Raza Murad on behalf of my countrymen. There must be some technical problem why he was denied visa. Whatever be the reason, I apologise to him if he has faced any problems."