Re: Land Reforms
^^ “Land reforms” slogan is just a sham. If you really want to reform the rural areas, update the tax system. Bring in some real "economic reforms".
Our land owners are taxed under the most ancient and archaic system one can ever imagine. They have to pay Abiyana, Maliya, excise, sales and God-awful illegal taxes to the Kanoongos, Gardawars, and above all the “taxing beast” called Patwari.
For crying out loud, we live in 21st century and yet rely on 18th century tax system. Our agri-land maps are still on "latha" cloth (a type of cotton cloth). Why not bring GPS based mapping to our rural areas? Give jobs to young people carrying laptops and GPS receivers instead of bickering about kommie ideas.
No need to snatch or "buy" land from anyone. Let them grow even bigger. Ask them to float their shares in Karachi stock exchange. Put bankers and modern MBAs on their boards. Attach "corporate-ization" as a prerequisite to getting big loans and state subsidies.
Ultimately allow all the land holdings in a state to large "agri-companies" numbering in the range of 5 to 20. Everyone else should work as an employee of these companies. Give these companies access to modern genetic engineering research through Faisalabad Agri Univ.
That is the only way forward for us to provide food to our nation and others beyond our boundaries. Talking about land reforms is simply a Kommie-Bihari ploy of creating anarchy in the society.
Damn Kommies.