The Lahore High Court struck down a decision by the interim government of Punjab to hand over 45,000 acres of land in three districts to the army on a 20-year lease, saying that the agreement was beyond the mandate of both — the caretakers and the military.
Pakistan Chambers of Commerce calls upon the government to unveil rules and regulations for agriculture real estate investment trusts to enable large stretches of land to be sold to individuals or legal entities.
The 5,000 acre farm in Muzaffargarh, Punjab is a joint venture between the Samsons Group of Pakistan and the Haier Group of China.
- Business Recorder
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02 June 2023
A High Court in Pakistan resumed hearing a petition against the grant of large swathes of public land in Punjab to the military for “corporate agricultural farming”, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Des "tables par pays" ont été créés afin de développer la production agricole dans 12 pays "frères"
- Agence Anadolu
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10 April 2023
Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC) strongly condemns the agricultural land grab by military.
PKRC is member organization of LA Via Campesina.
Pakistan General Headquarters of Lands Directorate has asked the Board of Revenue, Punjab to handover state lands of 45,267 acres to the Pakistan Army for corporate agriculture farming.
- Business Recorder
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17 Mar 2023
Royal Group of China has established a laboratory in Pakistan to develop buffalo embryos of elite animals and plans to set up a buffalo dairy farm of 8,000 heads.
- Pakistan Today
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21 September 2022
The collaboration with Sarh Attaqnia Co and CMEC aims to unlock untapped land resources of Pakistan by bringing fallow lands under cultivation through the Corporate Agriculture Farming initiative.
- Arab News
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28 February 2022
Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek calls for an end to neoliberal agricultural laws and corporate control of the food and agriculture sector, including an end to local and foreign private investments in the dairy and livestock sector.
Little of the 5 million acres [2.02 million hectares] that Sudan's agriculture ministry estimates are in foreign hands—perhaps less than 1 in 20 acres—has been cultivated.
Officials are tight-lipped about the critical issue of land acquisition in Pakistan by Chinese state-run or private firms for furthering cooperation in agriculture, which was an important feature of the CPEC long-term plan