LAHORE: The Punjab government has established property tribunals in all the districts of the province under the Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Ordinance, 2025, effective immediately.
Notifications issued by the Board of Revenue, Public Prosecution Department and Services and General Administration Department, copies of which available with Daily Jang, detail the creation of tribunals in Lahore, Kasur, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Wazirabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, Chakwal, Attock, Jhelum, Talagang, Multan, Lodhran, Vehari, Khanewal, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Okara, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Taunsa, Rajanpur, Layyah, Muzaffargarh, Kot Addu, Faisalabad, Jhang, Chiniot, Toba Tek Singh, Sargodha, Khushab, Mianwali, and Bhakkar, with each tribunal exercising jurisdiction within its district.
Until separate nominations are made, the Rawalpindi tribunal will exercise jurisdiction over Murree, Muzaffargarh over Kot Addu, Gujrat over Wazirabad, Chakwal over Talagang, and Dera Ghazi Khan over Taunsa.
Following the approval of the Punjab government and nominations from the Lahore High Court, retired district and sessions judges have been appointed as members of the tribunals in the different districts. According to the notification, Nisar Ahmad has been nominated to Faisalabad, Muhammad Azam to Kasur, Muhammad Qasim, Toba Tek Singh, Jamil Ahmad, Lahore, Mushtaq Ahmad Tarar to Mianwali, Muhammad Azam to Bahawalnagar, Muhammad Akhtar Bahadur, Nankana Sahib, Pervez Iqbal Sipra, Sahiwal, Muhammad Rashid Qamar to Multan, Jawad-ul-Hassan to Rawalpindi, Abdul Ghaffar to Khanewal, Shabbir Hussain Awan Rajanpur, Muhammad Waseem Akhtar Jhang, Asif Majeed Awan Muzaffargarh, Rai Muhammad Ayub Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Haroon Latif Khan Lodhran, Anwaar Ahmad Khan, Gujranwala, Muhammad Masroor Zaman, Hafizabad, Abdul Haq, Pakpattan, Shakir Hassan, Bahawalpur, Sajjad Ahmad, Chakwal, Abdul Rehman Layyah, Hamid Hussain Rahim Yar Khan, Muhammad Zulfiqar Lone to Sialkot, Muhammad Aslam Bhatti, Okara, Mushtaq Elahi, Jhelum, Abdul Razzaq, Chiniot, Tariq Mahmood Zargham, Sargodha, Irfan Ahmad Saeed, Vehari, Qamar-ul-Zaman, Sheikhupura, Shahid Islam, Bhakkar, Rai Nawaz Marth, Attock, Ch Muhammad Tariq Javed, Khushab, Zafar Iqbal, Narowal, Zia-ul-Qamar, Gujrat, and Mumtaz Hussain to Mandi Bahauddin.
To ensure proper prosecutorial support, the Public Prosecution Department has deputed prosecutors to each tribunal. Imran Arif has been assigned to Attock, Almas Ahmad to Bahawalnagar, Hafiz Muhammad Azhar Ali to Bahawalpur, Waqar Haydir to Bhakkar, Muhammad Umar Farooq to Chakwal and Talagang, Javed Iqbal to Chiniot, Ms Riffat Naz to Dera Ghazi Khan and Taunsa, Ali Raza to Faisalabad, Muhammad Talha Wain to Gujranwala, Rab Nawaz to Gujrat and Wazirabad, Rana Muhammad Arshad to Hafizabad, Rashid Mehmood to Jhang, Khalid Mehmood to Jhelum, Abid Iqbal to Kasur, Imran Aslam Khan to Khanewal, Abdur Rauf to Khushab, Muzaffar Hussain to Lahore, Faiz Ul Hassan to Layyah, Syed Ibad-ur-Rehman Bukhari to Lodhran, Tariq Abbas to Mandi Bahauddin, Muhammad Riaz to Mianwali, Fahad Bashir to Multan, Kashif Raza Sial to Muzaffargarh and Kot Addu, Muhammad Umar Farooq to Nankana Sahib, Rana Sajjad Hussain to Narowal, Khalil Ahmad to Okara, Muhammad Umair Sultan Watto to Pakpattan, Abid Hussain to Rajanpur, Farooq Khan to Rahim Yar Khan, Ms Shumaila Javed to Rawalpindi and Murree, Asif Anwaar to Sahiwal, Muhammad Faisal to Sargodha, Muzaffar Tufail Bhatti to Sheikhupura, Awais Tariq to Sialkot, Muhammad Faisal Naveed to Toba Tek Singh, and Muhammad Tahir Siraj to Vehari. All prosecutors will continue to draw their salaries from their respective district offices.
Administrative support for the tribunals has been provided by Assistant Commissioners (HR & Coordination), who have been assigned additional charge as Registrars in their respective districts. Muhammad Awais has been appointed to Lahore, Hafeez-ur-Rehman to Kasur, Muhammad Waseem to Sheikhupura, Sajad Ahmad Qureshi to Nankana Sahib, Ms Saima Khan to Gujranwala, Imran Mahmood to Sialkot, Muhammad Rafiq to Narowal, Humayun Khalid to Gujrat and Wazirabad, Muhammad Sarfraz to Hafizabad, Muhammad Shoaib Bhatti to Mandi Bahauddin, Ms Shahzana Fatima to Rawalpindi and Murree, Amir Masood to Chakwal and Talagang, Javaid Iqbal to Attock, Aamir Shahzad to Jhelum, Muhammad Imran Fani to Multan, Muhammad Amjad to Lodhran, Muhammad Nadeem Malik to Vehari, Muhammad Arif Iqbal Khan to Khanewal, Kazam Hussain Shah Syed to Sahiwal, Rana Muhammad Arshad Khan to Pakpattan, Noor Muhammad to Okara, Tariq Javed to Bahawalpur, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Attar to Bahawalnagar, Abdul Qayyum to Rahim Yar Khan, Faiz Farid to Dera Ghazi Khan and Taunsa, Muhammad Ramzan to Rajanpur, Kaleem Ullah Khan to Layyah, Mohsan Abbas Shah to Muzaffargarh and Kot Addu, Ashfaq Ahmad to Faisalabad, Abid Hussain to Jhang, Ghulam Abbas to Chiniot, Muhammad Yasin to Toba Tek Singh, Muhammad Khan to Sargodha, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal to Khushab, Muhammad Azeem to Mianwali, and Muhammad Riaz Khan to Bhakkar.
The establishment of the Property Tribunals follows a recent judgment by the Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court on the Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Ordinance, 2025, in which the court stressed the need for specialised forums to protect lawful owners from illegal dispossession, while ensuring due process and speedy relief.
