Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Somalian Pirates Asking for Ransom for Indian and Pakistani Shipmen

According to what has been publishing in different newspapers and being said in T.V programs , a band of Somalian pirates who have kept Pakistani and Indian shipmen as hostages is asking for ransom to set them free. They are demanding more than US$ 2 millions and the families of Indian and Pakistani shipmen have arranged the amount they were supposed to arrange, but the Indian parliament leader K.D Singh is delaying the transaction.

According to an interview aired on Geo News tonight, Pakistani social worker Ansar Berni , who has helped the families of Pakistanis getting the required amount of US $ 600000, from charities and other resources, Indian parliament member K.D Singh is delaying the process through not providing US $ 500000 required for the freedom of Indian hostages. Rest of the US $ 1 million was to be provided by the ship owner who has already provided the amount.

According to Ansar Berni, lives of hostages are endangered because of this delay.

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