🚨🇵🇰 Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government may acquire private property without the owner’s consent for a public purpose, but only in accordance with the law and with fair compensation.

The Court held that compensation must reflect the land’s market value, future potential, and inflation-related increases caused by delays, not merely the official government rate. It emphasized that property owners should receive full and just compensation, describing the principle as “gold for gold, not copper for gold.”
The ruling came while dismissing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s appeals in the Swabi land compensation case, upholding the decisions in favor of the affected landowners.