KARACHI: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, Ali Haider Zaidi has said anew fisheries policy has been prepared to meet the challenges in thissector.
Talking to media on Monday, he said steps are also being taken to trainfishermen properly.
Earlier, addressing a ceremony in Karachi today, Federal Minister stressedthe need of taking effective steps to improve fisheries sector.
On September 19, Federal MinisterlinkforMaritime Affairs, Ali Haider Zaidi, highlighted that the private sectors ofthe country were provided opportunities to purchase ships under the newshipping policy announced by the federal government yesterday (Wednesday).
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Ali Zaidi, while talking to journalists, said, “Now, you run a ship withPakistani flag without paying any customs duty. The port will givefacilities on a priority basis to the ships belonging to Pakistan. The newpolicy will create any issue of demurrage. I will suggest the privatesector purchase its own ship.”
The federal minister further details the significance of the new shippingpolicy, saying that the government has decided to run trade activities onports in Pakistani currency. He spotted that the countries are run by itsports but not through its cities.
