Experts and civil society representatives have shown their concerns over government’s lac of interest towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 – Life Below Water that deals with the sustainability of marine life.
They were speaking at a webinar organised by the Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan) and DTNTV on Tuesday. Devcom-Pakistan and DTNTV Director Munir Ahmed hosted and conducted the webinar.
Speaking on the occasion, Admiral (Retd) Asaf Humayun said that being far away from the Centre despite having the federal ministry, often the maritime affairs have no fanfare and sometimes there was duplication of work.
Rear Admiral (Retd) SaleemAkhtar said more than 3,000 million gallons of untreated wastewater is drained to the ocean. European Union has banned import of fish from Pakistan resulting one-sixth of the catch goes to the poultry feed and part of it consumed locally.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 15th, 2020.
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