Thursday, June 23, 2011

Released Sailor after 11 months


The crew members of MV Suez reached on Dockyard today at 5.15pm. Navy Officials, Human rights acticist ansar Burney, Governow Sindh Ishratul Ibad Khan and the daughter of Caption Wasi on site, to welcome sailors and his father on their arrival at Karachi.

The sailors will be given grand reception at site and after that they will be taken to the Governor House. The foreigner’s sailors will be return to their countries after the ceremony on available flights. Two representatives from Egypt, one from India and one from Sri Lanka have reached Pakistan to escort their citizens back home.

The crew members of MV Suez, including six Indians, 11 Egyptians and one Sri Lankan, were shifted to PNS Zulfiqar after the ship began sinking due to technical problems and strong winds. The MV Suez, owned by an Egyptian company, had been first boarded by Somali pirates in August last year. Its crew was finally released on June 14, after a payment.

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