KARACHI: Chief Officer Ghufran Marghoob, the last crew member of the hijacked Morning Glory oil tanker, arrived in Karachi today, DawnNews reported.

His family members were present at the Jinnah International Airport on his homecoming from Libya.

Marghoob thanked the government and other institutions on securing his release. He said the formal handing of the vessel had resulted in a delay of his return to Pakistan.

Setting off for Tunisia on Feb 25, the Morning Glory — owned by a Dubai-based shipping company — had been ordered to move towards Libya. However, on reaching the Libyan port, the crew was taken hostage by Libyan rebels who demanded that the ship be moved towards Cyprus.

Following that, the US Navy Seals had helped in rescuing the crew members and had taken the rebels under their custody on the request made by the Libyan government.

The entire 21-member crew had been rescued, which included six Pakistani crew members.

Five Pakistani crew members, including Captain Nauman Baig, second officer Mehdi Shamsi, third officer Asif Hassan and crew members Mohammad Arshad and Naik Zada had reached Karachi airport on April 5.