Pakistan

Under demands from Islamic nationalists, present-day Pakistan was created from the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, and then the secession of Bangladesh in 1971. The total land area is 770,875 km2, not including disputed regions of Jammu and Kashmir (claimed by both Pakistan and India). Borders are to India, China, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Arabian Sea to the south. There is a rich diversity of landscapes, including mountains, desert, and river delta areas. Nevertheless, Pakistan is mainly a dry-land country, 80% arid or semi-arid, and with high levels of water scarcity.

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77,088,000 ha

33.5

4,939.8 USD

212,215,030

36.7 %

Land-related indicators browse all

48 %

56.7 %

1,503,357 ha

More on this country

The Battle Over Bahria Town Karachi

8 July 2021

The construction of the exclusive suburb has sparked fierce resistance from local residents, who refuse to give up their land. Main photo: The Fire Department of Bahria Town Karachi on the site after Bahria Town Karachi’s main gate was set on fire and shops were vandalized on June 6, 2021…

Govt okays proposed legislation to protect agricultural land

9 June 2021

Main Photo: The participants were told that under the proposed law, besides the Land Use and Building Control Authority, the establishment of a council at provincial level was also proposed with the chief minister as its head. Reuters/File PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has finalised…

Merged districts embroiled in land disputes after getting rid of terrorism

6 May 2021

PESHAWAR: Terror incidents reduced significantly in erstwhile Fata after merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The credit for improvement goes to the security forces and other institutions. However, increasing land disputes are now troubling the peaceful environment of merged districts and dozens of…

Pakistan

projects

Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands - SUMAMAD-II

Value: $2,000,000.00

Donors: Belgian Development Agency

Support to and Capitalization on the EU Land Governance Programme Phase II

Value: $2,700,000.00

Donors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Improved land tenancy in Sindh

Value: $4,400,000.00

Donors: European Union

Punjab Land Records Management and Information Systems Project

Value: $75,030,000.00

Donors: World Bank Group

Community Development Programme (AJK)

Value: $830,000.00

Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Economic Transformation Initiative in Gilgit Baltistan (ETI-GB)

Value: $2,600,000.00

Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Pakistan’s ‘Biggest Land Grabber’

3 May 2021

By Nilesh Kunwar Originally posted by Eurasia Review at: https://www.eurasiareview.com/03052021-pakistans-biggest-land-grabber-oped/ Photo: Pakistan's General Qamar Javed Bajwa Pakistan army’s insatiable hunger for land is no secret. In fact it’s so pronounced that it even found prominence…

Webinar on COVID-19 and Tenure Security

9th Capitalization Meeting of the EU Land Governance Programme 3 NOVEMBER 2020, 10.00 – 11.30 CET (9.00 – 10.30 GMT) Project implementation in all countries and at the transversal level have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Anecdotal evidence from many countries suggest that the pandemic…