Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed on Saturday that the Pakistani crew of an LPG tanker attacked in Yemen has been safely released.
\nIn his message on Social Media plateform X Naqvi wrote that the vessel carrying 27 crew members, including 24 Pakistanis led by Captain Mukhtar Akbar, two Sri Lankans, and one Nepali, was struck by an Israeli drone on September 17, 2025, while docked at Ras al-Esa port, an area under Houthi control. One LPG tank exploded, but the crew managed to contain the fire.
\nShortly afterward, Houthi boats intercepted the tanker, and the crew was held hostage aboard the ship.
\nNaqvi praised the tireless efforts of Secretary Interior Khurram Agha, Ambassador Naveed Bokhari and his team in Oman, as well as officials in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan\u2019s security agencies, who worked \u201cday and night under extraordinary conditions\u201d to secure the crew\u2019s release.
\n\u201cAlhamdulillah, the tanker and its crew have now been released by the Houthis and are out of Yemeni waters,\u201d Naqvi stated on his social media account.
\nThe incident has drawn attention to the growing risks faced by commercial shipping in conflict zones and highlighted Pakistan\u2019s diplomatic and security coordination in securing the safety of its citizens abroad.
\nPakistan Hamesha Zindabad, he mentioned in his message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed on Saturday that the Pakistani crew of an LPG tanker attacked in Yemen has been safely released. In his message on Social Media plateform X Naqvi wrote that the vessel carrying 27 crew members, including 24 Pakistanis led by Captain Mukhtar Akbar, two Sri Lankans, and one Nepali, was struck […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-505342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n