India frees five Paki fishermen

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All five Pakistani nationals, stranded at Indian port for five months returned to Karachi on Tuesday.

Pakistanis were stuck at Indian port, along with Singapore crew members when the Indian authorities declared Singapore ship defaulter and seized it.

Pakistani Engineer Sohail Shamshad told media men here that they had been stuck at Indian port for five months, adding they had also not been paid salaries for last six months.

The Pakistanis trapped in the vessel anchored at Visakhapatnam included chief engineer Sohail Shamshad, engineer Muhammad Luqman, engineer Gohar ur Rahman, Furqan Ali and Jawaid Mehdi.

MQM leader Babar Ghauri played vital role in the return of Pakistani crew.