Pakistan on Thursday instructed its citizens working on merchant ships abroad to be very careful and work only with authentic, well-established companies to avoid mishaps.
Updating media about the Pakistani crew of Morning Glory off the coast of Libya during weekly press briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said that the crew of Morning Glory were released and brought to Tripoli. She said our embassy has informed that the Libyan authorities have cleared them after investigations and they should be coming back to Pakistan on Thursday or Friday depending on the availability of flights.
Giving further details, she said that Libya had complained that some vessels, registered in the names of various countries, were taking Libyan oil illegally. Apparently, that was the case with regard to this vessel as well, she added.
After investigations, she said that the Libyan authorities concluded that the Pakistani captain and the crew, which included five Pakistani crew members, six Indians, some Sri Lankans and other nationals, were all cleared.
"They should all be heading back home," she said, adding that this happened on March 17th and 19th, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution under which illegal acquisition of Libyan oil became an international crime.
"Using this forum, I would like to request Pakistanis who are working on such vessels abroad to be very careful," she said, adding that they must work only with authentic, well-established companies so that they are not caught in a situation like this.
"We hope this message will go out to all Pakistanis that they would join any merchant ships after due diligence," she added.
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