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BY : GULF NEWS
Eleven Pakistani sailors have ditched their crew and apparently gone absent without leave in Tokyo since two of the country's naval ships made a rare goodwill visit to Japan as part of a training cruise, an official said yesterday.
"They went out for sightseeing and then they disappeared," a Pakistan Embassy official said on condition of anonymity, citing protocol. A Pakistani destroyer and supply ship docked in Tokyo on Tuesday, marking the second-ever port call by the Pakistani navy and the first since 1983.
The naval exchange is part of the two countries' cooperation in anti-terror activities in the Indian Ocean.
On Thursday, 11 low-ranked sailors went on shore leave in the Japanese capital but never returned for duty, the embassy official said. It was unclear what happened to the missing crew, but the ships left port yesterday without them. |
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