Overview
- Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif approved the Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Ordinance 2025 to counter land grabbing and protect property rights.
- Each district must establish a six-member Dispute Resolution Committee led by the deputy commissioner and including the district police officer, with a 30-day timeline to become operational.
- The committees are mandated to decide private land possession disputes within 90 days, and appeals will be heard by a Special Tribunal headed by a retired High Court judge under the same time limit.
- After a committee decision, authorities are directed to recover encroached property within 24 hours.
- Officials are considering deploying a Para Force or PERA for recoveries and introducing digital records with live-streamed proceedings to increase transparency.