Event Brief
Police arrest protesting family members of hostage seamen
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 07, 2026 at 6:06 AM ET
Summary: Police detained scores of family members of Pakistani sailors held hostage by Somali pirates after they staged a protest sit-in in Karachi near the FTC on Shahrah-e-Faisal outside the foreign ministry office. Protesters said they were demanding the safe return of their relatives; they alleged arrests and baton-charge by police.
WHO: Karachi police
WHAT: Arrested scores of protesters who staged a sit-in demanding the safe return of hostage seamen
WHEN: Sep 07, 2026
WHERE: Karachi, Pakistan
WHY: The arrests followed a protest sit-in by families demanding the safe return and release of Pakistani sailors taken hostage by Somali pirates.
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