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The families of 11 Pakistani fishermen, including 2 teenage boys, who person been arrested by Indian maritime authorities this week, person appealed for their release, pleading they are conscionable mediocre fishermen.
The families urged the Pakistan authorities to get them released done diplomatic channels.
Ahmed Brohi, the begetter of 1 of the arrested fishermen, Ghulam Mustafa, said they each lived adjacent to each different successful Ibrahim Hyderi, a sportfishing colony successful westbound Karachi.
“We are each mediocre people, and we gain our livelihood done fishing. I impulse the authorities to bash thing due to the fact that we person already suffered a batch successful the past,” helium said connected Saturday (December 13, 2025).
According to Mr. Brohi, 4 years back, 3 fishermen were arrested for illegally sportfishing adjacent Sir Creek waters and are inactive successful Indian jails.
Indian media reported that their Coast Guard had apprehended the 11 Pakistani fishermen connected Wednesday (December 10) aft their vessel was recovered wrong Indian waters adjacent Jakhau.
But the chairperson of the Sindh Fisheries Department, Fatima Majeed, said the fishermen mightiness person accidentally crossed implicit into Indian territorial waters adjacent Kajar Creek.
Since determination is nary disposable demarcation successful the Arabian Sea betwixt the 2 countries, Ms. Majeed said astir of the arrests hap adjacent the Kajar Creek oregon Sir Creek waters, which are adjacent to the Indian authorities of Gujarat.
She said that for these mediocre fishermen from some countries, determination are nary wide borders, and they person to gain a living.
Ms. Majeed added that Kajar Creek and Sir Creek, a small up of Thatta, are marshy areas from wherever fishermen from some countries are often arrested by maritime information oregon seashore defender authorities.
Ms. Majeed said that the fishermen arrested this clip person 2 children, Zaheer and Habib, aged 12 and 15, respectively.
“I impulse the Indian authorities to merchandise the children astatine least, connected humanitarian grounds,” she added.
As per records with the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, an advocacy radical for mediocre fishermen successful Sindh province, with the latest arrests, the fig of Pakistani fishermen successful Indian jails has risen to astir 74.
Pakistan and Indian governments regularly exchanged prisoners, and astir of them were mediocre fishermen.
However, the process has slowed down since past twelvemonth owed to the ongoing tensions betwixt the 2 countries.
