Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Saturday that a liquefied oil gas tanker (LPG) with 27 crew members, including 24 Pakistani, was attacked by an Israeli dron while he was coupled in a port in Yemen earlier this month.
After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO) said today that the Pakistani aboard the oil LPG were healthy and healthy and leaving the Yemeni waters, Naqvi published in X that the ship was attacked on September 17 while it was coupled to Puerto Ras Issa, which was under the control of Houthi rebels.
Israel has launched repeated attacks against Hutis objectives during the Gaza conflict, since the fire rebels of the rebels backed by Iran and Drones in Israel and the sending of the Red Sea, claiming solidarity with the Palestinian cause.
According to Naqvi, apart from the Pakistani, the GLP oil crew included two Sri Lanka and a Nepali. He said that the captain of the ship was also Pakistani.
Naqvi added that a LPG tank had exploded after the attack, but the crew managed to extinguish the fire.
“Subsequently, the ship was arrested by the Houthi boats and the crew was retained as a hostage on board the ship,” he said.
Previously, the FO said that 24 Pakistani nationals aboard a LPG tank truck that caught fire on the Yemen coast were healthy and healthy and leaving the Yemenis waters.
The FO also said that the oil company had set fire to Yemen’s coast on September 17, adding that upon receiving the news about the incident, Pakistan’s relevant embassies had established contacts with the authorities in Yemen to guarantee the well -being of the crew.
“Efforts were made to start the oil tanker again,” he added.
The FO also declared that the diplomatic missions also maintained contact with the family members of the Pakistani crew and kept them updated on the last situation.
“Today, LPG’s oil tanker has gone [from the] port and is doing [its] Output of Yemeni waters. All the crew, including Pakistani citizens, on board is healthy and healthy, ”he said.
