History of land reform of Pakistan.

History

Skipping major portions of what happened and how it happened, the landed aristocracy practiced executive, judicial and revenue duties for the colonial government in exchange for land grants and its right to rule the people.

(1947-48) declared that the problems of Haris were of the their own creation or natural problems or government neglect, the landlord (jagirdar, zamindar, sardar, etc) was in fact a friend of the hari and land reforms were deemed undesirable and even a loss for the haris.

In his notice of dissent, he recommended abolishment of zamindari system, expropriation of land from landlords with minimum compensation, and that absolute ownership of land be vested in the State.

The recommendation on land holdings to be implemented at a later time was 150 acres for irrigated and 450 acres for un-irrigated land and the committee was undecided on the issue of land redistribution, proposing three alternatives.