{"id":570821,"date":"2026-10-06T10:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=570821"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:30:27","slug":"remaining-3-pakistanis-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/remaining-3-pakistanis-rescued\/","title":{"rendered":"Remaining 3 Pakistanis rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> SOMALIA<br \/>\nDeputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Monday that the three remaining Pakistani crew members of MT Honour 25, an oil tanker that was hijacked off the coast of Somalia in April, are expected to be flown back to Pakistan on Wednesday.<br \/>\nThe maritime police force of Somalia\u2019s semi-autonomous Puntland said last week that it had recovered the MT Honour 25, a Palau-flagged oil tanker with 19 crew members on board, including 10 Pakistanis, which had been hijacked by Somali pirates in April.<br \/>\nThe Foreign Office subsequently confirmed that three Pakistanis had died and several others were injured during the operation, later identifying the deceased as Rafiullah Khan, Syed Kashif Umer and Mahmood Ahmed Ansari. Four Pakistanis injured in the operation had arrived in Karachi on Sunday, with the remains of those killed.<br \/>\nIn a post on the social media platform X, Dar said three crew members, Imran Ali, Muhammad Yasin and Syed Husain Yousuf, have been \u201csuccessfully rescued\u201d and flown to Addis Ababa \u2014 the capital of Ethiopia \u2014 accompanied by a team from the Pakistan embassy in Djibouti.<br \/>\n\u201cThe three crew members will be received in Addis Ababa and depart for Pakistan on the first available Ethiopian Airlines flight to Karachi,\u201d Dar said, adding that this flight would be expected on Oct 7 (Wednesday).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOMALIA Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Monday that the three remaining Pakistani crew members of MT Honour 25, an oil tanker that was hijacked off the coast of Somalia in April, are expected to be flown back to Pakistan on Wednesday. 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