The CM Punjab has issued issued orders to the Land department to finish it’s computerization project by 2014. This step is essentially meant to cease and abolish the outdated Patwaree system. The chief minister expressed these views in a meeting held on Friday to oversee the pace of the computerization process. The chief minister said this project was very important for the benefit of the people for acquiring property, and transferring deeds and all hands were being used to make the process speedy.
The CM was told that 17,000 villages of 21 districts had been entered. The CM said that poor efficiency and laxity would not be tolerated. He said that more assistant directors through public service commission to facilitate the process. Mr Shabaz Sharif expressed his pleasure on the fact that the old exploitative system of patwarees will be replaced by a fair and modern computerized system which would eliminate land mafia. He also instructed the local government o check for fraudulent practices and submit the report in a month.
