Overview
- The protest in Karachi on Wednesday marks the 23rd day since the April 21 seizure of the MT Honour 25 with 17 crew, including 10 Pakistanis.
- Relatives say brief calls from sailors described no clean water and one meager meal a day, with some drinking dirty tank water.
- Pakistan's foreign ministry says pirates have not contacted Islamabad, with negotiations led by the ship owner and updates passed through Somali authorities.
- A Pakistani embassy team that visited Somalia from May 7 to May 10 was told the crew are safe, and Somali forces will not storm a tanker carrying flammable cargo.
- At least three hijackings off Puntland in April prompted a 'substantial' threat warning from UK Maritime Trade Operations, raising concern for Gulf of Aden shipping routes.