KARACHI (March 22): Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that in a significant move to modernise Sindh’s land records, this government has launched an advanced digitalisation initiative aimed at ensuring accuracy, security, and efficiency in property management.
Presiding over a meeting high-level meeting of the Board of Revenue, the CM discussed milestones in this transformation and emphasised the need for a simplified, tech-driven approach to land documentation and transfer.
The meeting, held at CM House, was attended by Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah, Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR) Baqaullah Unar, Principal Secretary to CM (PSCM) Agha Wasif, Vice Chancellor of IBA Sukkur Asif Shaikh, Secretary IT Noor Ahmad Samo, and Special Secretary General Administration Zaman Narejo, Director LARMS Saifullah Abro and others.
At the outset, CM Murad Shah emphasised that the previous 12-step land transfer process should be streamlined into a single-step digital mechanism, ensuring ease of access and eliminating bureaucratic delays. He highlighted that Sindh’s digital land record system would set a precedent for modern, tech-enabled governance, reducing corruption, ensuring rightful ownership, and accelerating property transactions.
Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah, briefing the Chief Minister on the freshly developed e-system, said that as part of the initiative, manual land records were being rewritten and authenticated, a digital land register was being created, and blockchain technology was being integrated to ensure tamper-proof record-keeping. “Additionally, a web-based e-transfer system will facilitate seamless property transactions without the need for visits to government offices,” he told the CM.
Revision & authentication: To ensure accuracy and transparency, the government is manually rewriting Village Form-VII-A and Village Form-II records, which serve as the foundation of land ownership data, the chief secretary told the CM that a Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) linkage system is being incorporated to provide definitive ownershi
