ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s envoy to Iran said on Tuesday the country was working to repatriate 15 Pakistani sailors from Iran’s Bandar Abbas port, as regional tensions escalate due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Ambassador Muhammad Mudassir Tipu said the Pakistani mission was in contact with the crew, their families and their parent company in Pakistan after a video circulating online showed a seafarer appealing for assistance.
“We are in contact with our sailors (15 in number) who are on a ship in Bandar Abbas,” Tipu wrote on X. “We are in contact with their families as well as their parent company in Pakistan. We are making every possible effort for their repatriation to Pakistan. It will hopefully be done by today or at most tomorrow.”
Media reported about our sailors seeking Mission’s assistance. I wish to share that we are in contact with our sailors (15 in number) who are on a ship in Bandar Abbas . We are in contact with their families as well as their parent company in Pakistan . We are making every…
— Ambassador Mudassir (@AmbMudassir) March 3, 2026
