In 2005, he began pushing and vigorously lobbying in the government for the extension of Pakistan's seaborne border from 200 to 350 nautical miles for which the claim is to be submitted by May 2009 in accordance with provisions of UN Conventions on Laws of Seas of 1982.[13] It was in 2015 when the borders were extended which pushed Pakistan's area of sea border to 50,000 square kilometres.[14][15]