KARACHI: Ambreen Fatima protested in Karachi with her children on Wednesday for the release of her husband, one of 10 Pakistani crew aboard an oil tanker seized by Somali pirates 23 days ago, and who is now drinking uncleaned tank water to survive, she said. The MT Honour 25, a Palau-flagged product tanker, was seized on April 21 approximately 30 nautical miles off Somalia’s Puntland region with 17 crew members aboard, 10 of them Pakistani.
Fatima said her daughter had been hospitalised for two days due to the stress and her 16-year-old son, sitting his annual exams, could barely concentrate. “He says his brain isn’t functioning. He’s worried about his dad and that’s all that’s on his mind,” said Fatima. Her husband, Syed Hussain Yousuf, serves as second engineer on the vessel. The last time their captors allowed a video call six days ago, “he did not look well”, she said. Under the hot sun, five families of the hostages gathered on the Native Jetty Bridge, near Karachi main port, holding signs demanding the government bring their relatives home, while children, some barely able to hold their placards upright, stood beside them…
Source: dawn.com/news
