KARACHI: Fourteen-day celebrations by Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum have started to mark the International Day for Women and the International Day of Action for Rivers.
A large number of fisherwomen and peasant women, wearing traditional dresses of different areas, thronged lakes and river streams to pay tribute to women and water sources.
The young girl performed cultural songs and dance on the themes of women day. The women showered rose petals and poured water jars to the streams and prayed for its rehabilitation and saving their traditional sources of income, as the waters are under threats of degradation and receiving pollution.
The main event was held at the bank of Narreri Lake, which attracted Government officials, and community people to celebrate the International Women Day under the theme “Women and Water”. Narreri Lake in the area is not receiving fresh water and the fishermen families are facing acute shortage of fresh water.
