Property laws in Pakistan are not fully uniform across all regions. While federal frameworks apply broadly, each province has its own revenue administration, land record system, mutation procedures, tax rules, and property registration practices. What applies in Punjab may differ from Sindh or Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, which is why knowing the provincial rules that apply to your property matters.
This section covers land and property laws province by province so you can find accurate, relevant information for your area. Whether you are dealing with a mutation, a registration, a boundary dispute, or a tax issue, this is your starting point.
To get a digitized Fard from NADRA e-Sahulat in KPK, visit any authorised NADRA e-Sahulat franchise in the province, present your original CNIC, provide the property details including Khewat number, Khasra number, Mauza, and Tehsil, undergo biometric verification, pay the…
The single most important precaution when buying property in Peshawar is to verify the seller’s title through the KPK Board of Revenue’s online land record portal before paying any money. Peshawar is KPK’s pilot district for the province’s first-ever e-registration…
Land ownership in the Merged Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the seven former Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, Kurram, North Waziristan, and South Waziristan, is constitutionally protected under the same laws that apply to the rest of…
Shamilat, also written as Shamlat, is the common land of a village revenue estate that belongs collectively to all persons recorded as owners in the proprietary body of that village. In KPK, Shamilat land includes grazing grounds, forests, pastures, graveyards,…
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the legal framework for land inheritance is governed by the West Pakistan Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act 1962, which mandates that inheritance for all Muslims follows Islamic Sharia regardless of local custom. However, the customary law…
Nishandehi, or land demarcation, in Punjab is now initiated through a formal application to the Tehsildar of the relevant area rather than by approaching the Patwari directly. The application is submitted to the Tehsildar who passes an order directing the…
To report manual land record tampering in Punjab, file a complaint through the PLRA’s complaint system at rodportal.punjab-zameen.gov.pk/complaint-page or call 042-111-22-22-77 for administrative tampering within the PLRA system. For criminal tampering by a Patwari or revenue official, file with the…
The Punjab Land Revenue (Amendment) Ordinance 2026 restricted Patwari authority to wirasti inteqal, inheritance-based mutations only, because transaction-based mutations such as sales, gifts, exchanges, and partitions were the primary mechanism through which Patwaris manipulated records, extorted payments, enabled fraudulent transfers,…
To track the status of a mutation on the PLRA app, download the Punjab Zameen app from the Google Play Store or App Store, register using your CNIC and mobile number, verify via OTP, and use the land transactions tracking…
