<p>The Maritime Security Agency arrested the fishermen and seized five fishing boats on Monday, said a spokesman for the MSA.<br /><br />Several Indian fishing boats entered Pakistan’s Exclusive Economic Zone during the Eid holidays but a MSA vessel cleared the area and detained the five boats, he claimed.<br />The spokesman said the Indian boats had intruded 40 to 50 nautical miles inside Pakistan's territorial waters.<br /><br />The Indian fishermen were later handed over to the Docks Police in Karachi and an FIR was lodged against them.<br /><br />"Well over 100 Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Pakistani maritime authorities during the current year," Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum president Muhammad Ali Shah told the media.<br /><br />He said the two countries should forge an alternative method to check illegal fishing instead of arresting each other’s fishermen.</p>
<p>The Maritime Security Agency arrested the fishermen and seized five fishing boats on Monday, said a spokesman for the MSA.<br /><br />Several Indian fishing boats entered Pakistan’s Exclusive Economic Zone during the Eid holidays but a MSA vessel cleared the area and detained the five boats, he claimed.<br />The spokesman said the Indian boats had intruded 40 to 50 nautical miles inside Pakistan's territorial waters.<br /><br />The Indian fishermen were later handed over to the Docks Police in Karachi and an FIR was lodged against them.<br /><br />"Well over 100 Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Pakistani maritime authorities during the current year," Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum president Muhammad Ali Shah told the media.<br /><br />He said the two countries should forge an alternative method to check illegal fishing instead of arresting each other’s fishermen.</p>