<?xml version="1.0"?>
<oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>Nation</provider_name><provider_url>https://nationaltimes.pk/eng</provider_url><title>Two months on, fate of 10 Pakistani sailors held by Somali pirates hangs in balance - Nation</title><type>rich</type><width>600</width><height>338</height><html>&lt;blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="16VswyrXct"&gt;&lt;a href="https://nationaltimes.pk/eng/2026/127961/"&gt;Two months on, fate of 10 Pakistani sailors held by Somali pirates hangs in balance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://nationaltimes.pk/eng/2026/127961/embed/#?secret=16VswyrXct" width="600" height="338" title="&#x201C;Two months on, fate of 10 Pakistani sailors held by Somali pirates hangs in balance&#x201D; &#x2014; Nation" data-secret="16VswyrXct" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;script&gt;
/*! This file is auto-generated */
!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&amp;&amp;d.addEventListener&amp;&amp;"undefined"!=typeof URL&amp;&amp;(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&amp;&amp;!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i&lt;o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i&lt;a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&amp;&amp;(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3&lt;(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r&lt;200&amp;&amp;(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&amp;&amp;(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&amp;&amp;n.host===r.host&amp;&amp;l.activeElement===s&amp;&amp;(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r&lt;s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document);
//# sourceURL=https://nationaltimes.pk/eng/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js
&lt;/script&gt;
</html><thumbnail_url>https://nationaltimes.pk/eng/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Untitled-design-13-3.png</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>670</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>370</thumbnail_height><description>KARACHI(National Times)- It has been almost two months since the 10 Pakistani sailors aboard MT Honour 25, a Palau-flagged oil tanker&#xA0;hijacked&#xA0;by pirates off the coast of Somalia, were taken hostage for ransom. Throughout this time their families have been running from pillar to post to get them back home but they have only run into [&hellip;]</description></oembed>
