Army handed over 45,000 acres for corporate farming

[lightning F57]

If the state can benefit I would say why not, but the state really does need to benefit not individuals or a small group of elites.

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

LOL. Another bootpolish maybe ? or from Khaki chadi family ?
Sucking up or more like Slurping up the Right of other, Thats what Kahkli losers been doing since last 75 years , no ?
NDMA , SUPARCO and what not, It is you who is sucking up to them and defending their all wrongs

Haha the minute you don't have anything to say you get personal.. Shows the weight in your useless rant.

 

[imadul]

Ayesha Siddiqa was right about military Inc. Even when the bitch is anti Imran Khan and pro Hindustan.

Ppl like ayesha sidiqa are eccentric and egoistic..
I would like to read her book military inc, but no time.

 

[xyxmt]

Fauji Jamhooria-e- Pakistan.

but no worries, officer will donate one day salary in case of next Azab-e-Elahi.

 

[Vortex]

Lets hope the land is used for farming and generates a new second green revolution; and not for making more DHAs

Army handed over 45,000 acres for ‘corporate farming’

Insiders claim military will "reap no benefit"; 40pc of revenue to go to Punjab, 20pc for R&D.

www.dawn.com

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.

Regards

Pak Fauj = the most successful business in Pakistan ?

Is that why Bajwa wanted peace with india if my memory is correct ?

 

[Ali_14]

Lets hope the land is used for farming and generates a new second green revolution; and not for making more DHAs

Army handed over 45,000 acres for ‘corporate farming’

Insiders claim military will "reap no benefit"; 40pc of revenue to go to Punjab, 20pc for R&D.

www.dawn.com

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.

Regards

It's none of your business hindu india whatever Pakistan or Pakistan army does

 

[salarsikander]

aha the minute you don't have anything to say you get personal.. Shows the weight in your useless rant.

Its is very apparent from your useless posts that you do lack mental cpacity just like Patwaris, And Cant defend, the fact that youre blinded in supporting Khakipigs shows your Biasedness, Its your kind that has become extinct now, Cherry blossoms

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

Its is very apparent from your useless posts that you do lack mental cpacity just like Patwaris, And Cant defend, the fact that youre blinded in supporting Khakipigs shows your Biasedness, Its your kind that has become extinct now, Cherry blossoms

You are a child.. who has lost his pacifier.
And badly needs a diaper change.
So long suckerr!!!

 

[TNT]

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?

Actually its true, they dont take ownership of land but just lease it for 5Rs per year for 100 years lolz.

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

Actually its true, they dont take ownership of land but just lease it for 5Rs per year for 100 years lolz.

Nice chuss

 

[CivilianSupremacy]

I have said earlier and 100% believe on it . Saying it again.

Pakistan is occupied by its own military. All of its resources, land is in control of military. They can do all unlawful activities, even they can torture elected officials (which are far more higher in rank & file in any country other then Pak), they can torture senators and get away with it, they can kill country's journalists and get away with it.

If this is not occupation then what it is ?

I always loved my country and opposed armed resistance against oppression of Pak army. But Pak army's ego & their low IQs & their lust for power is proving me wrong. Maybe unfortunately that's the only way forward if this nation ever has to get freed unless or until some sanity prevails within the military (which is very doubtful).

The land which is snatched by military just now.. A huge massive agricultural land that land is already a fertile soil that has indus river near by and Canal systems already in place. Just scan it through google maps it already has countless fields, I feel pity for all the farmers over their. If military really wants to become an a-hole then they should get the barren land in Baluchistan and try that converting into for agriculture.

 

[TNT]

Nice chuss

Go n see the lease prices of all the golf clubs and other facilities, once u find those, then chuss on them and do salutes.

 

[TigerOfMysore]

What will start off as "Corporate Farming"., will eventually delve into smaller parcels handed over to officers.
DISGUSTING!!!

 

[salarsikander]

So long suckerr!!!

Says a loser who gives BJ to every harami kahki chaddi

 

[maithil]

What timing..They choose to Announce this when the sentiment in country is so much against Army's transgressions .. As if doing deliberately to make common people angry..

Waise corporate farming is so 20th century. Countries slowly are going back on this.