CONCRETE JUNGLE, LEGAL BATTLEFIELD: HOW URBAN GROWTH FUELS LAND LITIGATION IN PAKISTAN

Abstract

This study also helps to identify Urbanization factors that are accelerating the land litigation cases in Pakistan. Data were only obtained from the officers of revenue departments and judicial officers of land disputes in the present study. This work examines the fifteen vital issues, which are enhancing the land litigation cases in Pakistan. These narratives are: forced land acquisition, gentrification and displacement, rise in housing and infrastructure needs, urban sprawl, speculative land buying, commercial development, confusion over land titles, absence of proper urban planning, conflicts over peri-urban land, illegal occupation of public land, competing land use decisions, pressure on agricultural land, uncontrolled real estate development, extension of infrastructural projects, and land-use-related environmental degradation. The results from this study will help the pardon makers in the formulation of the policy as the case studies will minimize land litigation cases due to the urbanization that the country face in Pakistan.