36 fishermen on six fishing boats were apprehended by the Pakistani agency near Jakhau coast on Thursday and are being taken to Karachi port. Pakistan Maritime Security Agency on Thursday captured 36 Indian fishermen and seized their six boats off Gujarat coast in the Arabian Sea, an official of Porbandar-based National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) said. He also feared that some more fishermen and their boats may have been captured by the PMSA along with these 36 fishermen. Indian fishermen are apprehended on regular intervals by Pak agency from the sea, claiming that they had entered in their waters after crossing IMBL. In December last year, at least 65 fishermen on board 13 boats were captured by the Pak agency.

Source: dna January 26, 2017 14:47 UTC