At least six Pakistani sailors of a merchant ship anchored in Iran are stranded in Iran from last four months.
According to the ship MV Saim’s Chief Engineer Atiq Ahmed, the ship departed from Dubai to Iran in June 2017.
“It has been over two months. Our visa has expired. The company says that it doesn’t have money to renew our visa or give us air tickets to Pakistan,” Ahmed said.
He informed that the sailors are confronted with serious issues in finding residence and managing their day-to-day living expenses.
Atiq’s wife, while speaking to a private news channel, said that it has been 10 months her husband has not returned home. The authorities should take action against the company as it is company’s responsibility to get the visas extended.
The chief engineer said that the captain of the shift was stopped at the Kish Port by Iranian authorities while shifted the other crew members to a rest house.