Zardari directs Malik to get free Pakistani hostages from pirates

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Zardari directs Malik to get free Pakistani hostages from pirates

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President Zardari has directed Malik to get free hostages from Somali pirates as soon as possible.

15 May,2012 07:22 am

Time is racing away for the Pakistani hostages held by Somali pirates as the deadline of May 14 has just arrived but a sign of hope emerged on Monday when President Asif Ali Zardari telephoned Interior Minister Rehman Malik and directed him to take all suitable actions to free the hostages from Somali pirates.The President also directed Malik to free the hostages from the Somali pirates as soon as possible.The families of seven Pakistanis held hostage by Somali pirates and facing imminent death, must collect Rs160 million by for their safe release.