ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Imran Khan will launch a program on Thursday for the Empowerment of Fishermen.
The program will be executed in cooperation with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs under the Kamyab Jawan Program.
Empowering Fishermen, Ministry of Maritime Affairs will be signing an MoU with multiple banks under Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Initiative.
Soft loans will be provided to equip the seafarers and fishermen community. @AliHZaidiPTI @KamyabJawanPK pic.twitter.com/aAv7Mps5ze— Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Govt of Pakistan (@MaritimeGovPK) April 22, 2021
In a statement, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Usman Dar said that the program is aimed at taking forward the fisheries sector.
Usman Dar said that loans will be provided to the fishermen on easy installments.
The PTI leader regretted that the fisheries sector was neglected by the previous governments. He said that our program is an important step towards making the fishermen an important stakeholder of the blue economy.
کامیاب جوان پروگرام کےتعاون سےماہی گیروں کے لیےشعبے میں آگےبڑھنےکے بہترین مواقع پانےکاسنہری موقع، پروگرام کے تحت حکومت پاکستان @MaritimeGovPK کیساتھ مختلف بینکوں کے اشتراک سےآسان شرائط پرقرض فراہم کرے گی تاکہ ماہی گیری کوپاکستان کےلیےمنافع بخش شعبہ بنایاجاسکےاورماہی گیرخوشحال بنے pic.twitter.com/RkcCgkiuAz
— Usman Dar (@UdarOfficial) April 22, 2021