The Director of the Ansar Burney Trust International Shagufta Burney has said that six Pakistani crew members of the recently released vessel MT Morning Glory are now expected to reach home on Monday. Earlier, it was supposed that all 21 crew including six Pakistanis of MT Morning Glory would be released on Thursday from Libyan detention and handed over to the respective Embassies including Pakistani Embassy in Tripoli after all been cleared by the Libyan Court at Tripoli.
Shagufta Burney said due to delay in release of six Pakistanis from Tripoli detention centre and holidays on Friday and Saturday now as per confirmation from Libya these crew will be released and handed over to Pakistan Embassy on Sunday noon and Pakistani crew are now expected to reach Pakistan on Monday.
She thanked Libyan Attorney General's office and the Libyan Government that the crew of MT Morning Glory comprising of six Pakistanis, six Indians, three Sri Lankans, two Syrian, two Sudanese and two Eritreans will all be released on Sunday. She particularly thanked and lauded the efforts of the President Mamnoon Hussain, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Pakistan Ambassador at Libya Lieutenant General Javaid Zia (Retd), and stated that their concern and actions not only saved 6 Pakistani nationals, but those of other nations as well, proving once again that we as a nation believe in humanity and human dignity without any discrimination and beyond national borders.