Govt taking steps to solve problems of fishermen: Sharmila

Karachi (PPI): Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Faruqui has said government is taking all-out efforts to solve the problems of fishermen. Addressing a meeting in the office of Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, where she was given a presentation on Tuesday, she said a fisheries policy is a must to solve the problems of fishermen. She said she had written letters to the president and prime minister to solve the problems of fishermen languishing in the Indian jails. She said contract system of fishing should be ended and small dams built to end water shortage. PFF chairman Syed Muhammad Ali Shah also spoke.