Leaders of Pakistan’s National Party on Friday demanded that the federal and Balochistan governments cancel licences to deep-sea fishing trawlers, provide compensation to the fishermen affected by natural disasters, and give fishermen the status of labourer.
Adam Qadir Baksh, NP secretary for fisheries, addressed a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, in which he said his party had been demanding basic rights for the people of the Makran region, particularly the coastal areas of Gwadar and Pasni, whose rights had been usurped by the rulers and who were even deprived of basic facilities of drinking water, health and education.
“Since the government has allowed big trawlers to fish along the Makran coast, the local fishermen are not able to earn their livelihood,” he said.
Baksh said deep-sea trawlers had been fishing beyond 12 nautical miles from the baseline, violating the laws.
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