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By: Correspondent
Date: January 29th 2016
Source: Express Tribune
KARACHI: Feudalism and democracy cannot stand hand in hand, which is why we need to change the entire system as soon as possible.
Yusuf Mastikhan, a senior politician and the Sindh president of the Awami Workers Party, said this…
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With limited land, access to it has been a prevailing issue which leads to human rights violations to farmers, and to the disadvantaged women and indigenous peoples.
These Land Watch Asia (LWA)’s Lok Niti journals compile scoping studies from seven…
By: Jan Khaskheli
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: International News Magazine
Indigenous people and local fishermen in one of the poorest parts of the country in recent years have seen various mafia groups on political patronage scrambled to grab lands they have inhabited for generations. …
By: Aslam Shah
Date: February 19th 2016
Source: Daily Times
Sindh Assembly issues notification granting leasehold rights to slum dwellers
KARACHI: Thousands of innocent Karachiites are being deprived of their hard-earned lifetime saving in shape of properties encroached upon by the 'katchi…
By: Danish Khan
Date: February 22nd 2016
Source: The International News
Due to the colonial history of Pakistan, land distribution is highly skewed in favor of political and social elites. According to estimates, four percent of the wealthiest rural landowners own more than fifty percent of all…
By: PPI
Date: March 20th 2016
Source: Pakistan Today
Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment’s (SCOPE) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the country’s prominent environmentalist, Tanveer Arif, said on Sunday that bad governance was behind Pakistan’s massive deforestation was…
By: Our Correspondent
Date: March 29th 2016
Source: Express Tribune
PESHAWAR: As the government admitted its helplessness in the house in failing to stop land grabbers, opposition members relentlessly questioned “why”, during the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session on Monday.
The proceedings…
By: Web Desk
Date: April 19th 2016
Source: The News Tribe
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded an urgent and thorough investigation into the land acquisition practices in Karachi by the largest real estate developers in the country and expressed concerns over…
By: Samaa Web Desk
Date: August 29th 2016
Source: Samaa
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s increasing urban population and insufficient knowledge of the cities’ dynamics is resulting in lack of timely service delivery, resource allocation, and urban solutions by cities’ authorities.
Spearheaded by the…
Global leaders must acknowledge that land and forests owned and managed by local communities are more likely to prevent deforestation and deliver greater carbon storage
In my native Colombia, the cloud forests of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have been described as holding the most important…
Global leaders must acknowledge that land and forests owned and managed by local communities are more likely to prevent deforestation and deliver greater carbon storage
In my native Colombia, the cloud forests of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have been described as holding the most important…
Los líderes globales deben aceptar que es crucial en la lucha contra las emisiones que el patrimonio ambiental se maneje por los indígenas
En mi natal Colombia, los nublados bosques de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta han sido descritos como el almacén de la concentración más importante de fauna…