Four Pakistanis rescued from Somali pirates to reach Karachi shortly

Four Pakistani crew members rescued from Somali pirates are expected to reach Karachi shortly, along with the bodies of three Pakistanis killed during the operation to free the tanker MT Honour 25, 24NewsHD TV reported on Sunday.

The rescued Pakistanis,  Yasir Khan, Aqeel Khan, Ameen bin Shams and Usman Ghani, will arrive on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-694.

The bodies of Rafiullah Khan, Syed Kashif Umar and Mahmood Ahmed Ansari, who were killed in the incident, will also be brought back to Pakistan.

Three other Pakistani crew members, Imran Ali, Yaseen Muhammad and Syed Yousuf Hussain, remain aboard the vessel in Somalia along with the captain.

Arrangements are being made to bring them back to Pakistan safely as well.

The 17-member crew of MT Honour 25, including 10 Pakistanis, was abducted by Somali pirates on April 21 for ransom.

The crew remained in captivity for nearly five months before Somali security forces launched an operation to recover the vessel on September 29, 2026.