In the wake of the 2010 floods in Pakistan, up to 20 per cent of the land mass of the country was flooded. 100,000 square kilometers of flooded land affected more than 20 million people. In response to this natural calamity, UN-Habitat, with generous funding from the Government of Japan, launched the ‘Pakistan Settlements Flood Recovery Project’, which was an integrated response to the shelter, WASH and community infrastructure needs of the flood affected communities. This Project also addressed some of the issues of land, housing and property rights arising out of project implementation. ‘A Guide on Land and Property Rights in Pakistan’ was designed and prepared to facilitate the basic understanding of the complex principles of the Pakistani land and revenue administration system. The first edition, printed in December 2011, was warmly received by lawyers, national civil society organizations, community leaders, local authorities, donor agencies, and international affairs organizations, engaged in relief, rehabilitation, development or other similar works that necessitate some basic understanding of the land administration system in Pakistan. It was re-printed several times in the past twelve months. The historical evolution of the land revenue system in Pakistan goes as far back as the early Muslim rule in the sub-continent, in the thirteenth and fourteenth 3 centuries. Sultan Ala-Uddin Khilji (1255–1316) was the first Indian ruler to introduce a system of land administration. Mughal Emperor Akbar’s Minister for Revenue Affairs, Todar Mal (d. 1659) is credited for laying down the basic foundations of the land revenue and land administration system now prevalent in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The land administration system is carried out within the framework of the laws 6 that have already been mentioned. Land has been one of primary engines of the economy and the state often sought to control and regulate its produce. It is no accident, therefore, that, in Pakistan, the administration of agricultural land falls under the administrative control of the “Revenue” Department. So there are lots of instructions and policy guidelines that have been issued by the Provincial Governments or respective Boards of Revenues and these instructions and policy guidelines supplement the above mentioned laws.