Over three weeks have passed since the oil tanker MT Honour 25 was hijacked by Somali pirates and taken to the coast of Eyl in Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of Somalia. From there, the pirates have been demanding ransom payments from the countries from which the ship's crew hail, and from the owners of the ship itself. After being boarded by about 50 pirates, supplies onboard meant for the 17-member crew have been exhausted, forcing the multinational, mostly-Pakistani crew to eat........

© The Express Tribune