Caretaker government in Pakistan's Punjab province hands over 45,267 acres of agriculture land to Army: Report
Islamabad, Mar 17 (PTI)The caretaker government of Pakistan’s Punjab province has signed an agreement to hand over at least 45,267 acres of land in three districts of the state to the Pakistan Army for ‘Corporate Agriculture Farming’, a media report said on Friday.
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 area of Bhakkar district, 1,818 acres in tehsils Quaidabad and Khushab in Khushab district, and 725 acres in tehsil Chichawatni of Sahiwal district.
The Dawn newspaper reported that the letter referred to a notification of the Punjab government dated February 20, 2023, and a joint venture (JV) agreement of March 8.
