THATTA: Indian forces have reportedly chased and taken away a boat along with one of the three fishermen who were fishing in the Pakistani waters near Jati town, Pakistan Fisherfolk Fourm (PFF) reported on Sunday.

The PFF said that Indian forces surrounded the boat and tried to take it away but two of the fishermen on board jumped into the sea and managed to swim ashore. The third one, Ghulam Mustafa Mallah, a resident of Zero Point, Jati, was taken away along with the boat, the PFF statement said.

Published in Dawn, June 25th, 2018

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