摘要：Every government needs resources to run the country. In an agrarianeconomy like Pakistan collection of revenue from landed property becomesmore significant. Land revenue generated from the landed property used to bethe main source of revenue in the united Punjab during colonial era. That erawitnessed unprecedented rise in revenue by means of digging up a network ofan extensive canal system from rivers thereby rendering vast plains of Punjabcultivable. However, it is noted that this quite efficient and effective system ofcollection of land revenue has been underperforming. This paper tries to findand analyze the reasons of institutional deterioration and underperformance(of revenue department) through its focus on the revenue receipt andexpenditure in Faisalabad.
