TEN Pakistanis who were among a group of 21 sailors abducted by a Somali warlord are returning home this weekend after more than six months in captivity, officials said on Friday. The sailors were freed after successful negotiations with their captors by Pakistan ambassador to neighbouring Kenya Hameed Asghar Kidwai and officials of the Asaka International Shipping company, they said. The crew of the hijacked cargo ship, M.V. Sea Johana, also included six Tanzanians, two Indians, two Myanmar nationals and one Indonesian. Kidwai secured the “unconditional” release after negotiations with Somali warlord Hasan Turki, the officials said. Sources said the Somali warlord initially demanded six million dollars for the release of the crew. The officials said Kidwai refused as this would have been tantamount to encouraging terrorism.