KP Approves Land Ownership Records Through NADRA e-Sahulat Centres
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN — WEB DESK: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has given in-principle approval for land ownership records, commonly known as fards, to be issued through NADRA e-Sahulat centres, expanding public access to one of the province’s key revenue services.
Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi approved the initiative while chairing a meeting on reforms in the provincial Revenue Department, according to officials.
Afridi directed the relevant authorities to complete arrangements for the new facility and launch it next week, allowing citizens to obtain land records from NADRA e-Sahulat centres in addition to the Revenue Department’s existing service delivery centres.
The initiative is aimed at reducing the time and expense involved in obtaining land documents and limiting the need for citizens to repeatedly visit government offices.
The chief minister said the provincial government was working to bring essential public services closer to citizens and improve accessibility, transparency and convenience.
Under the proposed arrangement, applicants will be able to obtain land fards through participating e-Sahulat centres. A fard is an official extract from the land revenue record containing information related to a property, its recorded ownership and other relevant revenue entries.
Officials told the meeting that payments for government fees and associated service charges for the land-record facility would be made entirely through cashless channels.
The move could expand the physical network through which citizens access land records, particularly for people who live far from existing Revenue Department service centres.
However, the approval relates specifically to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It should not be interpreted as a nationwide decision allowing NADRA e-Sahulat centres across Pakistan to issue land ownership records.
Land Acquisition Bill 2026 Reviewed
The meeting also reviewed the draft Land Acquisition Bill 2026, which the provincial government is preparing as part of wider reforms to the land administration system.
Afridi directed officials to introduce provisions aimed at eliminating unnecessary delays in the land acquisition process and instructed the authorities to finalise the draft as soon as possible before submitting it to the relevant forums for approval.
The chief minister said the proposed legislation should prioritise public interest and described it as consistent with the governance vision associated with PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan.
The planned e-Sahulat service represents a significant digital-governance initiative for KP because land documentation has traditionally required interaction with revenue offices and officials.
If implemented as announced, citizens will have an additional channel for obtaining land ownership records, while cashless payments could provide a more traceable mechanism for collecting official fees.
Further operational details — including the participating e-Sahulat locations, applicable service charges, verification procedures and whether all categories of land records will initially be available — are expected to become clearer when the service is formally launched.
