Applications sought for shrimp farming.

RAWALPINDI -- Under the Prime Minister's Agriculture Emergency Program for the uplift of agriculture and livestock sectors in the country, the Punjab government has sought applications for setting up shrimp farms in the province.

Project Director Fisheries Punjab told reporter on Sunday that the government would provide up to 75 percent financial assistance under 'Shrimp farming cluster pilot project' in order to boost the production of shrimp in the province.

He said that...