According to the laws in Pakistan, anyone can own land and property. The property rights are protected under the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973, as well as under many special and specific laws that deal with various types of property and various aspects of property rights.
There are certain clauses that define it further on who can actually own a property or land according to the laws of Pakistan.
- Every citizen shall have the right to acquire, hold, and dispose of the property in any part of Pakistan, subject to the Constitution, and any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the public interest.
- No property shall be compulsorily acquired or taken possession of saving for a public purpose, and save by the authority of law which provides for compensation therefore and either fixes the amount of compensation or specifies the principles on and the manner in which compensation is to be determined and given.
- Any property, which has no rightful owner shall if located in a province, vest in the Government of that province and in every other case, in the Federal Government.
- All the lands, minerals and other things of value within the continental shelf or underlying ocean beyond the territorial waters of Pakistan shall vest in the Federal Government.
- And the mineral oil and natural gas within the province or the territorial waters adjacent thereto shall vest jointly in equal proportions in that province and the Federal Government.
- The Federal Government and the Provincial Governments can grant, sell, dispose, or mortgage any property that vests in them. These Governments can purchase or acquire a property. All properties acquired for the purposes of the federation or of a province shall vest in the Federal Government or the concerned Provincial Government.
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