How to Register a Private Limited Company in Pakistan with SECP
Company type, name, documents, online filing and the first 90 days after incorporation — a clear path from idea to a registered company.
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Start-ups & SMEs
Start right, stay compliant, and be ready when investors ask for the data room.
The challenges
Common challenges for start-ups and SMEs
- Choosing a structure that works for co-founders and investors
- Keeping books and taxes current while everyone is busy building
- Cap tables, share issues and employee stock options
- Due diligence requests from investors and lenders
- Moving from founder-run finance to a real finance function
- An overseas holding company when investors ask for one
Across borders. Raising from investors in the Gulf, the UK or the USA? We help you weigh up a holding structure abroad and keep the Pakistan operating company compliant underneath it. Jurisdictions we cover
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How our service lines support start-ups and SMEs
Corporate Law and Secretarial CompliancesCompany incorporation, share issues, transfers and ESOP records
Accounting & Financial ReportingOutsourced bookkeeping, management accounts and virtual CFO support
Taxation and Related Advisory ServicesRegistrations, returns and withholding compliance
Corporate AdvisoryBusiness plans, valuations and fundraising readiness
HR ConsultingFirst employment contracts, HR policies and payroll
IT ConsultingAccounting and ERP systems that scale with you
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Useful guides
IFRS, IFRS for SMEs or AFRS for SSEs: Which Framework Applies to Your Company?
Your company's size and public interest decide how it reports. A guide to the classification and the frameworks — and what changes when you cross a threshold.
Read the guideHow to File Your Income Tax Return on IRIS: A Step-by-Step Guide
From gathering documents to submitting the wealth statement — a clear walkthrough for individuals, with the mistakes that most often lead to FBR notices.
Read the guideSetting Up a Business in Pakistan as a Foreign Investor or Overseas Pakistani
Subsidiary, branch or liaison office? The structures available, the regulators involved and how to keep the door open for repatriating profits.
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