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Show 228 What did the West Pakistan land reform First holding per person at 500 irrigated acres I, 000 unirrigated acres with orchards and stud farms allowed and more, of set the maximum they consist of? measures 94 It allowed transfer of ownership rights to immediate the family up to the maximum for each.95 members The number of landlords declaring excess land was 5,064, The government acquired land from only 763 of only 55 percent of excess these declarers l.,i th land the declared acquired by the government for redistribution, together the government acquired about 2e2 million acres, quarter of this was cultivation, or elapse of forests, hills, About half the remainder would require time before it could be cultivated, had actually been disposed thousand acres reform. Nulty does feel that running their lands as more were unfit for some investment of96_-hardly a radical commercial lines for fear the tenants to the land.97 prohibited enhancement of rents, provided security significant impact was sory consolidation of the provision to (Jagirs). were subsistence--which the law defined as in the Sind. subdivision considered to be less than 12t acres, except 16 acres in Sind,--it also specified what constituted an 50 acres except 64 acres One require a compul fragmented holdings and to prevent of land parcels into holdings that the areas By 1966 only 840 of tenure to tenants, abolished intermediate rights a a several other provisions of the land reform ordinance those which which had than formerly absentee landlords in given proprietary rights There such on more this attempt at land reform did appear to have awakened the interests of would be rivers and other All "economic holding"-- |
