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Army handed over 45,000 acres for corporate farming

boycott what they farm to sell. or burn down the crops. army is takin land while pakistan has poor ppl who have no land.
Yaar bara afsoos hota ha jab bhi ye sochta hu in paglon ko kesey andhey ki trah support kerta tha ek zamaney mey .even that pape Jon's episode proof samney honey k bawajood inko defend kartey rahey or inho ne humko hi dass liya
 
Military sources confirmed this development and said that the army was “not taking over the ownership of the land as it will remain the property” of the Punjab government. “The intervention of the army will provide a coherent administrative structure,”

Why couldn't civilian admin do it?

How about farmers farm, governments govern and soldiers stick to the barracks and the battlefields?
 
If according to press release army will not gain any benefits from the 45k acres, then why is it being handed over to them. Does the army have better knowledge of agriculture than the civilian farmers. With that logic we can say farmers and peasants have better knowledge of military tactics and matters, after all the only military success in the last 75 was liberation of Azad Kashmir by tribesmen whose main occupation was peasantry and agriculture…
 
HA HA HA HA....that's all I can say at this.
Zia ul haq was big golf fan .... Imagine in his era between Rs 45000 to Rs 85000 he used to tip caddie from govt funds.
 
why is everyone against this? seems like a good idea. The land is barren, your army has nothing to do, so might as well use them to make something of the land.
 
Perhaps, this land will be used for such purposes too.

 
Yaar bara afsoos hota ha jab bhi ye sochta hu in paglon ko kesey andhey ki trah support kerta tha ek zamaney mey .even that pape Jon's episode proof samney honey k bawajood inko defend kartey rahey or inho ne humko hi dass liya

reply ko muje ni samaj ai my urdu is crap.
 
Because every other Civlian Dpeartymetment is headed by lossers wearing Khakis
Whenever a government this or last one approve a retired general for a position in a public or semi public sector I see that as SUCKING UP...
So the problem lies in the mentality of sucking up.
 
Well the ‘boys’ have usurped on parts of US West coast through Papa Jones, what is 45,000 acres of lowly Pakistan’s land?

If the news is true, there is simply no justification of handing over land to the army.
 
Good decision. Better to use the land for something productive instead of being wasted specially in these inflationary times when agriculture products are facing shortage all over the world
 
If asked this Real Estate Army to liberate Kashmir, they and their apologetics say, Indian Army is strong and they will beat the hell out of them.

That's where this Army has drowned deep in the land and money greed.
They are in every business, but defense.

Dismantle this greedy Army and raise a true army which won't have their eyes on plots and dirty business of border smuggling and invitation terrorism

Ayesha Siddiqa was right about military Inc. Even when the bitch is anti Imran Khan and pro Hindustan.
 
Well all the private companies or different LSEs or government departments should line up to request government to assign them required plots on some pretext or the other?

Would that be a valid request?
 
Lets hope the land is used for farming and generates a new second green revolution; and not for making more DHAs


ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government of Punjab has signed an agreement to hand over at least 45,267 acres of land in three districts — Bhakkar, Khushab, and Sahiwal — of the province to the Pakistan Army for ‘Corporate Agriculture Farming’.

According to a document, the military’s land directorate wrote to the Punjab chief secretary, Board of Revenue and secretaries of the agriculture, forest, livestock and irrigation departments for handing over of 42,724-acre land in tehsils Kaloor Kot and Mankera in Bhakkar, 1,818 acres in tehsils Quaidabad and Khushab in Khushab, and 725 acres in tehsil Chichawatni of Sahiwal.

The letter referred to a notification of the Punjab government dated Feb 20, 2023, and a joint venture (JV) agreement of March 8. It reminded that “while signing the JV management agreement on March 8, it was decided that state lands immediately required for the project be handed over to Pakistan Army.”

According to informed sources, the JV has been signed between the military, the Punjab government, and private firms dealing with corporate farming.

Speaking about the salient features of the proposed project, the sources said that the Punjab government will provide the land while the army will utilise its resources and retain the management of the project. The private sector, on the other hand, will invest and provide auxiliary support, including the supply of fertilisers.

Military sources confirmed this development and said that the army was “not taking over the ownership of the land as it will remain the property” of the Punjab government. “The intervention of the army will provide a coherent administrative structure,” the sources added.

They said that the land in question is mostly barren, uncultivated, and under-cultivated and added that the army with the assistance of the relevant stakeholders, including its JV partners and locals, will turn this into fertile land.

The sources said that the Punjab Board of Revenue has conducted surveys for months and identified these lands for corporate farming purposes.

The sources said that the project will be managed by retired army officers and the army will not get any pecuniary benefit out of this project rather the profit from the farming will go to the locals, the Punjab government, and firms that will invest in the project.

At least 40pc of the revenue generated from the cultivation will go to the Punjab government, 20 per cent will be spent on modern research and development in the agriculture sector, while the remaining will be used for the succeeding crops and expansion of the project.

They said that the agri sector’s growth rate from 4 per cent in 1960 dropped to 2.5pc in 2022 due to “flawed reforms, ineffective agriculture policies coupled with climate change, and population boom”.

Citing the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the sources said that at least 27pc of the total cultivated land of Pakistan was not being utilised. In order to deal with this situation, the Punjab government has made a plan to restore the agriculture sector with the help of the Pakistan Army. With the use of modern agricultural methods, machinery, and high-quality seeds, agricultural production will be increased manifold, the sources claimed.

According to the sources, in the first phase of the project, different varieties of pulses, millets and rice will be cultivated. This will be followed by large-scale cultivation of canola and wheat.

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Good grief and then people question why people have turned on this military bigwigs. Poor folk have little to no land but here we have bargain basement land galore for keeps.
 
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