QUETTA: The Balochistan government has cancelled the allotment of about 400 acres in Mouza Berot, Hub, citing irregularities, and declared the area as state land.
Officials said the Board of Revenue’s notification for the allotment has been withdrawn with immediate effect. All land granted to individuals near the newly built bypass now stands cancelled.
“The land allotted between 2023 and 2025 to private individuals is revoked,” officials said. Settlement officers have been directed to submit all related reports to the Hub deputy commissioner.
The provincial government took notice of alleged discrepancies in land allotments and ordered a full cancellation. Documents showed that the land in Mouza Berot was given to non-locals seeking to profit from a rise in value after the bypass construction.
Officials said around 400 to 500 acres were allotted under the Land Act of 1967. Initially, few people were interested, but land prices surged to millions of rupees per acre after the bypass.
Authorities said the plots were later sold with the alleged help of local settlement officials. An investigation into the matter is underway.
Earlier today, the federal government had released Rs2.77 billion for Balochistan development projects under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for fiscal year 2025–26, according to documents shared with the Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Special Initiatives.
The papers show that against a revised allocation of Rs24.49 billion for Balochistan under “Demand No. 109 – Other Development Expenditure, Provinces and Special Areas,” total releases so far stand at Rs2.77 billion. Provinces received a total allocation of Rs92.79 billion under this head, with Rs3.01 billion released. Balochistan accounts for about 92 percent of the total disbursement.
