Pasni fish harbour to be rehabilitated: official

Published July 5, 2021
Balochistan Chief Secretary Mathar Niaz Rana has said that steps would be taken for the rehabilitation of the Pasni fish harbour. — Photo courtesy Muhammad Akbar Notezai and  Behram Baloch/File
Balochistan Chief Secretary Mathar Niaz Rana has said that steps would be taken for the rehabilitation of the Pasni fish harbour. — Photo courtesy Muhammad Akbar Notezai and Behram Baloch/File

GWADAR: Balochistan Chief Secretary Mathar Niaz Rana has said that steps would be taken for the rehabilitation of the Pasni fish harbour.

The chief secretary, along with Secretary of the Plan­ning Commission Hamid Yaqoob Sheikh, Inspector General of Police Moham­mad Tahir Rai and other senior officials, visited Pasni on Sunday on the instructions of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Mr Rana said the funds allocated for rehabilitation of the abandoned harbour would be spent on related projects which would not only generate income but also provide thousands of jobs to the local people.

He said the policy about foreign fishing trawlers in the waters of Balochistan was not of the federal government. He said that the fisheries department and the Maritime Security Age­ncy would jointly take act­ion against illegal trawlers.

He said action would be taken against the officers who were extorting fishermen. There were bright prospects for the development of the fisheries sector and export of marine products after Gwadar port became operational, he added.

Published in Dawn, July 5th, 2021

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