Karachi: Pak Navy’s ship, PNS Zulfiqar carrying 22 crew members of the Merchant Vessel (MV) Suez, including four Pakistanis, reached Karachi Port here on Thursday.
The MV Suez was kidnapped by Somali pirates last August and was released after payment of $2.1 million as ransom to the pirates recently.
Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad and high officials of Pakistan Navy received the released crew, who belong to different countries including India.
The sailors were given a grand reception at the dockyard and later they will be taken to the Governor House. The foreigners will return to their countries after the ceremony.
Two representatives from Egypt, one from India and one from Sri Lanka have reached Pakistan to take away their natives.
The crew members of MV Suez, including six Indians, 11 Egyptians and one Sri Lankan, were shifted to PNS Zulfiqar after the MV Suez 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 of $2.1 million.
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