4 Pakistani crew members from hijacked oil tanker to arrive in Karachi tomorrow: DPM Dar
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday that four of the 10 Pakistani crew members of MT Honour 25 , an oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates, had been “safely retrieved” and were scheduled to arrive in Karachi on Oct 3. The four crew members, identified as Yasir Khan, Aqeel Khan, Amin bin Shams and Usman Ghani, have been retrieved following “sustained efforts” by the…
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Friday that four of the ten Pakistani crew members aboard the hijacked oil tanker MT Honour 25 would be arriving in Karachi on October 3. These individuals, Yasir Khan, Aqeel Khan, Amin bin Shams, and Usman Ghani, were successfully retrieved from the vessel with the assistance of the Foreign Office and Pakistan’s embassy in Djibouti.
The four are among the ten Pakistani crew members on the tanker, which was hijacked by armed pirates off the Somali coast on April 21. The tanker, destined for Somalia’s autonomous Puntland region, had a total of 17 crew members on board. Along with the four surviving crew members, the "mortal remains" of the three deceased crew members, Rafi Ullah Khan, Syed Kashif Umer, and Mahmood Ahmed Ansari, are also being repatriated to Pakistan.
The necessary legal and administrative formalities are being expedited to ensure a swift process, according to Deputy Prime Minister Dar.
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