Islamabad: Naval Chief Admiral Nauman Bashir Sunday directed PNS
Babar to transfer the crew of MV Suez on frigate to rescue them.
According media reports, Adm. Nauman Bashir said that MV Suez be transferred on PNS Babar on humanitarian grounds.
It
says that the crew members would later transfer to another ship which
would brought them to Pakistan, however it was not decided yet whether
these crew members including Indian would bring to Karachi or to
Gawadar.
The PNS Babar Pak Navy frigate was being escorted the
Egyptian ship with 22 crew members including 4 Pakistani and 6 India
sailors onboard who were recently released by Somali pirates.
The
merchant vessel being faced trouble after trouble, which now feared to
be sink due to stormy weather in Arabian Sea with empty fuel.
The ship needs refueling which was not possible in the mid-sea due to bad weather conditions.
Meanwhile
the tug boat sent for towing Egyptian vessel MV Suez to the Salalah
port of Oman, has also broken down, proving it true that the misfortune
never comes alone. Online
