Pasni Fish Harbour is located in
Pasni,
Balochistan, Pakistan
Balochistan (; ; , ) is a province of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It is bordered by the Pakistani provinces of Khybe ...
, operated by the
Government of Balochistan
The Government of Balochistan () is the provincial government of the largest province of Balochistan in Quetta. The head of the province is the Governor, who is nominated by the President of Balochistan. The chief executive of the Government o ...
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Pasni Fish Harbor was inaugurated by Prime Minister
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. She was also the first woman elected to head a democratic governmen ...
in 1989. The harbor was constructed at a cost of cost Rs. 445 million and covers an area of approximately 100,000 meters. It included an approach channel, harbor basin and berthing area with proper facilities, buildings, water supply, a cargo jetty, four landing berths, market halls and a harbor authority building.
The establishment of the harbor had led to rapid growth of the fishing sector in Pasni , resulting in employment for a large number of local people.
However, in later years lack of attention to the maintenance of the harbor made it dysfunctional and by 2010 the jetty at Pasni Harbor had become blocked due to continuous siltation.
Due to the closure of the harbour, fishermen have to proceed to the Gwadar port town 132 km away to dock their boats after fishing. Although it is not cost-effective, fishermen feel they have no alternative as they sometimes they have to spend weeks in Gwadar while fishing.
See also
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Port of Pasni
The Port of Pasni () is located in the town of Pasni, Gwadar District, Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far sou ...
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List of ports in Pakistan#Fish harbours
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Karachi Fisheries Harbour Authority
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Fisheries Research and Training Institute
The Fisheries Research and Training Institute () is a research institution in Lahore, Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, f ...
, Lahore Pakistan
References
External links
Four fish harbours planned - DAWN.comSindh Coastal and Inland Community Development ProjectA brief on Fisheries in Pakistan
Fish harbours of Pakistan
Pasni
Pasni Bay
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