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Pakistan portal This category is for articles about landowners from the Asian country of Pakistan . Classification : People : By occupation : Businesspeople in real estate : Landowners : By nationality : Pakistani
The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani, is a major landowner from South Punjab (Multan) and from a long-standing political family. The President former Asif Ali Zardari is a large landowner from Sindh [1] as well as the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, daughter of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
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Pakistan portal This category is for articles about planters ( plantation owners or administrators, known as "planters" by trade or occupation) from the Asian country of Pakistan . Classification : People : By occupation : Farmers / Landowners : Plantation owners : Pakistani
Khalid Amir Khan (born 2 December 1934) was a Pakistani landowner, diplomat and politician. He served as ambassador to Hungary, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan in the 1990s, and played a major role in the politics of the Punjab and especially the Sargodha district.
However, it failed miserably, and over 6,000 landowners exceeded his defined ceilings, owning 7.5 million acres of land. [7] The average income in West Pakistan was a mere £35 per year; in East Pakistan, the figure was lower at £15. [4] In 1965, presidential elections were held. These elections did not extend the franchise to all adults.
In 1928, Nawab Ghulam Qutbuddin Khan Mamdot, ruler of the Mamdot estate at that time, died without issue. The British Court of Law awarded Shahnawaz the jagirs and title of Nawab of Mamdot, [1] thus making him one of the largest landowners in the Punjab. [3] He returned to his ancestral land in 1934 and joined the Unionist Party (Punjab). [1]
In recent decades, the middle class has increased to around 35 million and the upper and upper-middle classes to around 17 million, and power is shifting from rural landowners to the urbanised elites. [7] Pakistani festivals, including Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha, Ramazan, Christmas, Easter, Holi, and Diwali, are mostly religious in origin. [4]