LAHORE, Aug 11: The Punjab Fisheries Department will auction fishing rights at 295 points in the province at its office here on Aug 15 and 16.

Disclosing this here on Friday, Fisheries director-general Dr Muhammad Ayub said that fishing rights of different rivers, canals and lakes in Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Layyah, Rajanpur, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Rahim Yar Khan, Lahore, Kasur, Sheikhupura, Okara, Multan, Lodhran, Khanewal, Vehari, Sahiwal and Pakpattan districts would be auctioned on Aug 15.

While fishing rights of public waters of Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Attock, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Sargodha, Khushab, Mianwali, Bhakkar, Faisalabad, Jhang and Toba Tek Singh would be auctioned on Aug 16, he said. — Reporter