Check Land Records in Balochistan: Get a Fard for Rs 500, District by District
Balochistan has no online land search. Get a computerised fard for Rs 500 at an Arazi Record Center, see which districts are covered, and the registry steps.
Balochistan has no public website where you type a khasra number and see the owner. To check land records, you visit an Arazi Record Center, where the Board of Revenue says a computerised fard costs Rs 500 and takes 1 day. Computerised records cover Quetta, Gwadar, Jaffarabad, Pishin and a few more districts so far.
We went through the Board of Revenue Balochistan portal, balochistan-zameen.gob.pk, page by page on 1 October 2026. It has a property registry procedure, a tax calculator, a complaint form and a link to the e-stamping site. It does not have a land search. Anyone offering you an "online fard" for Balochistan is offering something the province does not publish.
A fard in Balochistan comes from an Arazi Record Center
Go to the Arazi Record Center for your district with your CNIC. The Board of Revenue lists five steps: NADRA check, finding the land and owner in the record, a fee challan, paying it, and collecting the fard. The fee is Rs 500.
A fard is the official extract from the land record. It shows who owns a piece of land, how big it is, where it sits, and any charge on it. Banks ask for one before a loan, and buyers should see one before they pay any money.
The Board of Revenue property registry page sets out the fard process like this:
- NADRA verification. Your CNIC is checked against NADRA records.
- Identification of the land and rights holder. Staff find the plot and the owner in the computerised record.
- Get the fee challan.
- Deposit the fee. The page gives the charge as Rs 500.
- Receive the fard. The page says it takes 1 day.
Bring whatever numbers you have: the khasra, khewat or khatuni numbers, the mauza (revenue village) name, and the owner's name as it appears in the record. A wrong mauza name can send the search to the wrong village, so check it with the seller first.
Only some Balochistan districts have computerised land records
Phase 1 covers Quetta, Gwadar, Jaffarabad and Pishin. It was widened to Hub, Kech (Turbat tehsil only), Usta Muhammad, Khanozai and Ormara in June 2023. Phase 2 for 7 more districts was approved in July 2024.
These details come from the Board of Revenue's own page on the BLRMIS project, which is the Balochistan Land Records Management Information System. In any district not listed, the record is still kept by hand by the patwari, the local revenue official, and a copy comes from the tehsil office.
| Stage | Districts | Status on the Board of Revenue page |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | Quetta, Gwadar, Jaffarabad, Pishin | Approved in 2017 |
| Phase 1, widened | Hub, Kech (Turbat tehsil only), Usta Muhammad, Khanozai, Ormara | Added on 8 June 2023 |
| Phase 2 | Khuzdar, Lasbela, Sibi, Sohbatpur, Loralai, Mastung, Kharan | Approved on 29 July 2024, Rs 3,573 million |
| All other districts | Manual record with the patwari | No computerisation listed yet |
Approval is not the same as a working counter. The page does not say whether the Phase 2 districts issue computerised fards yet, so call before you travel. The DC valuation tool on the e-stamping site lists only Quetta in its district menu, which suggests the online side has not caught up with the plan.
Registering a land sale in Balochistan takes about 11 days
The Board of Revenue gives four stages: get the fard, pay the taxes by challan at the Bank of Punjab, hire a deed writer, then register the deed with the Sub Registrar. Registration costs Rs 1,000 and takes 8 days, and mutation follows automatically.
After the Sub Registrar approves the deed, the page says the registry is scanned and sent online to the Arazi Record Center, and the Assistant Director Land Record attests the mutation automatically. Mutation is the change of owner's name in the land record. That last step is the one that protects a buyer, so ask for the new fard once it is done.
The taxes are where the portal disagrees with itself. The registry page lists town fee 1%, capital value tax 2% and stamp duty 3%. The portal's own tax calculator returned stamp duty 2%, district council fee 2%, capital value tax 2% and registration fee 1% when we read it.
| Charge | Registry procedure page | Tax calculator, 1 October 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Stamp duty | 3% | 2% |
| Town or district council fee | 1% | 2% |
| Capital value tax | 2% | 2% |
| Registration fee | Rs 1,000 | 1% |
Both are on the same official site, so we cannot tell you which is current. Ask the Sub Registrar for the rate in writing before you pay a challan. Stamp duty itself is paid through an e-stamp paper, and Balochistan's e-stamping site, estamping.gob.pk, makes Challan Form 32-A and verifies stamps.
Other provinces let you check land records online
Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa each run a public land record website or app. Balochistan does not yet. That gap matters most to buyers living outside the province, who cannot see the record before they travel.
If the land is across a provincial border, the route is different. Sindh has a free search on Sindh Zameen, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's portal is covered in KP land records online. For Balochistan, the safest check is still a fresh fard in your own hands and a visit to the plot. The fraud signs to watch for are set out in verifying land records before you pay.
Complain to the Board of Revenue if the fard is refused or delayed
The Board of Revenue portal has an online complaint form, which sends a code to your phone and email, and a status check by complaint number, phone or CNIC. Its listed helpline is 081 111 11 22 33.
The Balochistan Land Records Authority sits at 2 km DHA Housing Society, Quetta, and the Board of Revenue lists 081 9202667. If a revenue office ignores you, the Chief Minister's AWAAZ complaint portal is the next step. Keep the challan, the date and the name of the official you spoke to.
Common questions
Can I check Balochistan land records online?
No. The Board of Revenue portal has no public land search. You get a fard in person at an Arazi Record Center.
What is the fee for a fard in Balochistan?
Rs 500, according to the Board of Revenue property registry page, which says it takes 1 day.
Which Balochistan districts have computerised land records?
Quetta, Gwadar, Jaffarabad and Pishin, widened to Hub, Turbat tehsil, Usta Muhammad, Khanozai and Ormara. Seven more were approved in 2024.
How long does a land registry take in Balochistan?
About 11 days in total, by the Board of Revenue's own count, of which 8 days are at the Sub Registrar.
How much tax do I pay on a land sale in Balochistan?
The official portal gives two sets of rates, about 6% or 7% of the value in total. Ask the Sub Registrar for the current rate in writing.
How do I get a cadastral map in Balochistan?
Apply in writing to the revenue office. The fee is Rs 50 per land parcel, and the page says it takes 7 days.
How we verified this
What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.
Last checked on 1 October 2026. We read the Board of Revenue property registry page for the fard, registry and cadastral map steps, fees and days; the portal's tax calculator and the rates it loads; its complaint page; and the BLRMIS project page for the districts and approvals. We also read estamping.gob.pk, the Balochistan e-stamping site. The two tax rate sets conflict and we report both. We could not confirm which Phase 2 districts already issue computerised fards.
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