Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Minister Syed Haroon Ahmad Sultan has said the Poultry Research Institute in Rawalpindi is setting up a "tissue culture laboratory" at a cost of Rs 28.5 million to diagnose poultry diseases.
Chairing a department meeting here on Friday, he said the early diagnose would help prevent poultry diseases. He added that the government had allocated Rs 7.8 million for the current financial year and spent Rs 20 million on this project till June 2007.