Farmers in Sindh are raising their voices against what they call widespread corruption and endless red tape at the Sindh Board of Revenue (BOR), saying these roadblocks are keeping them from getting much-needed agricultural loans and making land deals unnecessarily complicated. The Sindh Abadgar Board, a key farmers’ group, met in Hyderabad on Sunday and blamed the BOR for forcing small and medium-sized farmers into the hands of loan sharks because of constant delays in providing vital land documents.
Led by Mahmood Nawaz Shah, the group highlighted that even banks agree—BOR’s slow and tangled procedures are a real problem for growers. “Instead of chasing paperwork at government offices, small farmers end up taking out expensive loans from middlemen and get exploited,” members said at the meeting.
Farmers also pointed out a big regional imbalance: although Sindh only gets 18% of Pakistan’s total agricultural credit, its contribution to the country’s farming output is much bigger. They believe this unfair gap is driven by complex loan policies tied directly to BOR documentation. Many described just how tough it is to get their land ownership verified or official records attested, including the “Khasra”—the document that shows who owns the land and what crops are grown.
According to the Sindh Abadgar Board, selling land comes with its own headaches. Farmers must first obtain a sale certificate, then officially update the land title—a process that’s just as clogged with bureaucratic hurdles as applying for loans. The group is calling attention to these issues, urging authorities to make the system simpler and fairer for those who feed the nation.
