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Snag-hit MV Suez sailors shifted to Pak warship New Delhi, June 19 Six Indians and 18 other sea-men from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Eygpt have been shifted to Pakistan navy warship PNS Babur. MV Suez could even capsize and in choppy waters it would have been dangerous for the sailors to be on a ship that was sailing on its own. Reports from Pakistan say PNS Zulfiqar, a Chinese-built frigate, has been dispatched to the location. Being on counter-piracy patrol of the Bahrain-based combined task force 151, PNS Babur cannot move out of the area. Officials here see the move of sending a new ship as a possibility that sailors could land at port other than Salalah. In case they are ferried to Pakistan, it will take few more days before the men return to India. They were released last week after 10 months from the captivity of Somali pirates.Since its release the ship has run through series of misfortunes. First it was re-attacked by pirates. It send an SOS and Pakistan navy warship PNS Babur responded to it. The Indian Government dispatched INS Godavari. The two navies have had a war of words. Just short of Salalah, the ship ran out of fuel. A tug boat was arranged from Oman, but it returned due to bad weather leaving MV Suez stranded.
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