Settlement of the Thal Desert (1949-1969)

Abstract

The British introduced canal colonies system in Punjab province and Thal Canal Colony is one of them. The work on Thal Canal Colony had started in 1939 and could not be completed till the partition of the Subcontinent. Newly established state of Pakistan planned to complete the Thal Canal Colony Project on the emergency basis not only to solve the refugee problem but also to settle the people whose lands were destroyed by river action or due to waterlogging and saline. The main objective of this research work is to study the whole settlement process of the Thal in detail. The historical research approach has been applied, and data has been collected through primary and secondary sources. The Government of Pakistan not only completed the settlement process successfully but also provided all modern facilities of life to the new settlers.

Do crop diversity and livestock production improve smallholder intra-household dietary diversity, nutrition and sustainable food production? Empirical evidence from Pakistan

“…Malnutrition is a pervasive problem affecting people of various ages, genders, socioeconomic standings, and geographic locations. However, it is rampant among the poor in rural areas, where childhood stunting and anemia are more prevalent than in urban areas (Abbas et al, 2020;Usman and Callo-Concha, 2021).…”