--- title: "Pakistani hostages on Honor 25 still held by Somali pirates" description: "Most outlets reported that the Pakistani and foreign crew of the Honor 25 remain in captivity by Somali pirates, with the Foreign Office stating efforts are ongoing for their safe release. One outlet highlighted a new distress message from the hostages, who have been held for over 100 days and are directly appealing to the Pakistani government for assistance." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/2415-pakistani-hostages-held-by-somali-pirates-issue-new-distress site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistani hostages on Honor 25 still held by Somali pirates pakistan · latest filing 9 Aug 2026, 5:09 PM PKT · 8–9 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the Pakistani and foreign crew of the Honor 25 remain in captivity by Somali pirates, with the Foreign Office stating efforts are ongoing for their safe release. One outlet highlighted a new distress message from the hostages, who have been held for over 100 days and are directly appealing to the Pakistani government for assistance. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dawn** — [Pakistani hostages held by Somali pirates issue new distress message seeking govt help](https://www.dawn.com/news/2021700/pakistani-hostages-held-by-somali-pirates-issue-new-distress-message-seeking-govt-help) · 9 Aug 2026, 5:09 PM PKT > More than 100 days after being taken hostage by Somali pirates, crew members on board MT Honour 25 have released another distress message in which they appealed directly to the Pakistani government for their release, it emerged on Sunday. The Honour 25 — a Palau-flagged oil tanker carrying 17 to 19 crew members, including 10 Pakistanis — was hijacked by armed pirates off the coast of Puntland, ... - **24 News HD** — [FO says authorities making efforts for safe release of Pakistani hostages from Somali pirates](https://www.24newshd.tv/08-Aug-2026/fo-says-authorities-making-efforts-safe-release-pakistani-hostages-somali-pirates) · 8 Aug 2026, 6:49 PM PKT · 79% identical wording to the newest filing > The release of the Pakistani and foreign crew members of the vessel Honor 25, who have been held hostage by Somali pirates has not been secured yet, the Foreign Office said. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Pakistani officials urge intensified diplomatic efforts for release of hostages held by Somali pirates](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3099-dpm-dar-orders-intensified-diplomatic-engagement-to-secure) · 14 Aug 2026 · 6 outlets · 2 developments · 82% related - [Pakistan seeks IMO's help for release of seafarers captured by Somali pirates](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4539-ishaq-dar-seeks-urgent-imo-intervention-to-secure-release) · 25 Aug 2026 · 8 outlets · 2 developments · 77% related - [Karachi police detain families protesting for release of Pakistani sailors held by Somali pirates](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6994-police-arrest-protesting-family-members-of-hostage-seamen) · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 outlets · 74% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 8–9 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.