A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LAND DISPUTES: A CASE STUDY OF LOWER DIR
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2008
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Department Of Sociology, University Of Peshawar
Abstract
Land disputes are indeed a key factor in the disintegration and destabilization
of developing societies like Pakistan. The present study was undertakento find
out the major causes, as well as consequences, of land disputes in Lower Dir
district. On the basis of land disputes cases from 2001-2010, 250 respondents
were selected from the whole universe through proportion allocation method
of sampling, including 50 respondents from land disputes related office
bearers and lawyers. An interview schedule and a questionnaire were used for
the collection of data from land-disputants and land related officers, lawyers
respectively. Then the collected data was analyzed through SPSS. It was found
that the major causes behind land disputes in the study area were mass
illiteracy, non-existence of land registration system, increase in land value,
greed and lust, defective land administration system and inefficiency of land
disputes resolving institutions. Many socio-economic impacts of land disputes
were detected through the present research study such as heavy expenditure on
litigations that leads to poverty and indebtedness, wastage of time, source of
enmity and psychological complexities. The role of formal and informal land
disputes resolution agencies were also taken into consideration which was
unsatisfactory. To overcome the problem of land disputes implementation of
land registration system, awareness of illiterate masses, implementation of
Islamic laws ofinheritance in its letter and spirit, eradication of corruption
from land administration department and efficient judicial system for the
resolution ofland disputes in Lower Dir are needed.