Land Rights: The best weapon in the fight against extremists in Pakistan
Pakistan's land-tenure problems are more severe and have been more persistently ignored than nearly any others found on the planet. Though last year’s flood altered Pakistan’s landscape, it did not alter the fact that the vast majority of land in Pakistan is owned by a very small number of landlords – chiefly by 300 families of "feudals" who have ruled the Pakistani countryside for generations.
Their workers make up nearly half of the rural population, own no [...]
