KARACHI:
Pakistan Navy PNS Zulfiqar carrying 22 crew members of the Merchant Vessel (MV) Suez, including four Pakistanis, reached Karachi dockyard on Thursday.
Navy officials, human rights activist Ansar Burney, Governor Sindh Ishratul Ibad Khan and the daughter of Captain Wasi were on site to greet the sailors on their arrival.
The sailors will be given a grand reception at the dockyard from where 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 escort their citizens back home.
The six Indian sailors will fly to Lahore tonight and cross over to India when Wagah border opens tomorrow morning (Friday).
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 of $2.1 million.
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