ISLAMABAD   Prime Minister Justice (r) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has decided to release 51 Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds as a gesture of goodwill. These prisoners have already served their sentences. The decision was taken at a high level meeting attended by Federal ...

WELLINGTON - Two fishermen from Kiribati were rescued after surviving almost four weeks adrift in the Pacific, surviving on raw fish and rain water, a report said Wednesday.American Samoa-based fishing vessel Pacific Princess picked up the pair almost 700 kilometres (435 miles) from their island ...

KARACHI - A large number of people, hailing from different coastal villages, staged a two-day Long March on Tuesday to register their protest against the sale of precious islands, Dingi and Bhundar, located near Ibrahim Hydri. It is to be noted here that the government has allowed investors and ...

KARACHI - The fishermen of Karachi coast on Friday threatened to block the channels of major Karachi Port and Port Qasim if the government failed to cancel the deal of handing over twin islands, located near Ibrahim Hydri.A large number of community people staged a protest demonstration which ...

IDI RAYEUK, Indonesia  - Fishermen in western Indonesia rescued more than 60 ethnic Rohingya asylum-seekers from Myanmar found adrift in a wooden boat, police said Friday, in the second such arrival this week. The vessel with no engine had 23 children on board and was found drifting off the ...

PASNI At least three fishermen were killed and another injured when unknown gunmen opened firing at them here on Tuesday. According to police, armed miscreants sprayed bullets at four fishermen present by their boats in Jodi, the coastal area of Pasni, district Gawadar. As a result of firing three ...

KARACHI - A large number of fisherwomen and men, hailing from different coastal villages participated in a simple gathering to celebrate the World Fisheries Day at Sachal hall, Ibrahim Hydri, Karachi. The gathering was organised by Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum. PFF General Secretary Saeed Baloch ...

KARACHI - With other world organisations, representing small scale fishermen, the representative organisation of the fishermen community contributed suggestions on rights to food on fisheries and food security, which will be presented to the 67th Session of UN General Assembly in New York on ...

CHENNAI  - Indian fishermen and anti-nuclear activists on Saturday mounted a sea protest against an atomic power plant following violent demonstrations earlier this month, police said.Some 3,000 fishermen and anti-nuclear activists in 500 fishing boats sought to block a port in southern Tamil ...

Pakistan as part of goodwill gesture, on Wednesday released 311 Indian fishermen who have completed their sentences. According to details, out of 315 Indian fishermen imprisoned in Malir Jail, 311 were released while four others were barred due to health and other issues and would be set free ...

KARACHI - Despite strong protest by the coastal community activists, government functionaries are still reluctant to prioritise the fishermen problems. Truckloads carrying urban waste and dead animals from different towns dump it alongside the beaches, which makes the lives of 0.3 million ...

KARACHI - 446 Indian fishermen detained in the Pakistani jails will be released in first week of September. According to the reports, Government of Pakistan has decided to release 446 Indian prisoners in first week of September and the process of sending these prisoners to India through Wahga ...

KARACHI - Sindh government on Saturday issued orders for release and repatriation of 442 Indian fishermen, including two minors, to their country. They have been under detention in four Jails of the province at District Jail Malir, Karachi Nara Jail Hyderabad, District Jail Badin and District Jail ...

KARACHI - Despite of passage of the deadline, the Sindh government is yet to launch crackdown against sea-lords in Sindh for using of prohibited fishing nets. As per detail, the legal action could not be initiated by the Sindh fisheries ministry, as it announced last month. The provincial Minister ...

KARACHI - At least six fishermen were rescued while one fisherman died and three others were missing when a fishing boat capsized in the sea in Hybrahim Hydri here the other day. According to spokesman for Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF), Sami Memon, rescuers have recovered the body of a fisherman ...

KARACHI (PPI) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on the appeal of Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh Sharmila Farooqi has approved the release of 454 Indian fishermen imprisoned in different jails of Sindh. According to a release, Sharmila Farooqi at a Sindh Cabinet meeting held two days back in ...

KARACHI Pakistan has released as many as 100 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture, reviving hope among the national fishermen community for the same response from the Indian authorities towards its held seamen. The fishermen were released from District Jail Malir, Karachi on the order of Prime ...

KARACHI (Agencies) - A mysterious disease has come to haunt the fishermen locality Rehri Goth situated in Karachi causing mental and physical handicap to dozens of residents. According to a private news channel, Karachis backward area of Ibrahim Hyderi and adjoining impoverished Rehri Goth are ...

KARACHI - A total of 10 fishing boats faced accidents on during last month in which 9 fishermen died, 124 were rescued form drowning, while 10 ware still missing, a Fisher Folk Form survey report revealed on Friday. According to the report, in February, a boat was capsized near Clifton in which ...

KARACHI - Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah has taken notice of the problems of local fishermen in jetty of China Creek at Kemari Town. The CM has directed the authorities concerned to allow the fishermen to fish in the area, The Nation was told here on Wednesday. The CM Sindh on ...

CALAIS (AFP) - French fishermen disrupted shipping in the Dover Strait and blocked access to an oil refinery on Friday as anger over high fuel costs reached fishing industries in Belgium, Spain and Portugal. About 40 trawlers formed a cordon at sea in a protest dubbed "Operation Snail" to slow ...

KARACHI - Pakistani authorities have released 96 Indian fishermen from Landhi District Prison on Friday. They will be handed over to the Indian authorities on Saturday (today) at Wagha Border, said interior ministry official. According to details, after the resumption of peace process between ...