Four Pakistani crew members rescued from the hijacked tanker MV Honour 25 off Somalia are scheduled to arrive in Karachi on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Friday. Dar stated on X that Yasir Khan, Aqeel Khan, Amin bin Shams and Usman Ghani were retrieved through coordinated efforts by the Foreign Ministry and Pakistan's embassy in Djibouti.

The remains of three other Pakistani crew members - Rafi Ullah Khan, Syed Kashif Umer and Mahmood Ahmed Ansari - who were killed during the recovery operation are also being repatriated, Dar added. Dar extended condolences to the families of the crew members who lost their lives during the rescue operation conducted by Puntland forces, who freed the vessel and captured 16 pirates.

Before the rescue operation began, pirates killed five crew members, comprising three Pakistanis, one from Myanmar and one from India. The Palau-flagged tanker, carrying 17 crew members including 10 Pakistanis, had been seized by pirates on April 21 approximately 30 nautical miles off the coast of Puntland.