27 Indian fishermen held
From Zeeshan Mirza

KARACHI—Maritime Security Agency arrested 27 Indian fishermen and impounded five boats for illegally entering Pakistan’s territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, officials said on Wednesday here.
Lieutenant Commander Atiq-ur-Rehman, a spokesman for the Maritime Security Agency told the arrests were made about 60 nautical miles inside Pakistan’s exclusive economic zone. “Indian fishermen have been warned time and again not to indulge in illegal fishing but they repeatedly come into our economic zone to explore our rich fish resources at the mouth of Indus delta,” he said.
The arrests were made on Tuesday about 60 nautical miles inside Pakistan’s exclusive economic zone, said Lieutenant-Commander Atiq Ur Rehman, a spokesman for the Maritime Security Agency. “Indian fishermen have been warned time and again not to indulge in illegal fishing but they repeatedly come into our economic zone to explore our rich fish resources at the mouth of Indus delta,” he said.