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GWADAR: A fisherman from Sindh was killed and another injured when the coastguards allegedly shot at a trawler fishing illegally in Balochistan’s waters near Pasni town of Makran’s coastal strip.
A senior police officer of the Pasni police station said on Wednesday the incident took place on Tuesday when a trawler coming from Karachi entered Balochistan’s waters and was found fishing some 21 nautical miles (around 39 kilometres) from Pasni.
The officer said the coastguards allegedly opened fire on the trawler, killing the fisherman identified as Muhammad Ibrahim, and injuring another named Zainullah.
Twenty-two fishermen were on board the trawler. Coastguard officials confirmed the incident.
Published in Dawn, December 8th, 2022
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Dec 08, 2022 09:31am
All these waters around Baluchistan are given to Chinese to scoop up all available fish, how come Pakistani fisherman are going there ? Good lessons given by the brave coast guard.
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Dec 08, 2022 09:59am
Such a shame, hoot down poor sindhi fisherman while chinese trawler regularly fish illegally with impunity!
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Dec 08, 2022 12:01pm
It was meant to be a warning to people of Baluchistan that Illegal fishing belongs to neutrals! This is what neutrals gangsters do!
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Dec 08, 2022 06:35pm
Opened fire on trawler ? What was the justification?
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