New posts, every week.
Shorter and more frequent than our Publications — practical notes on corporate law, tax, banking and regulatory developments in Pakistan, posted weekly.
New posts, one at a time
We’re starting a weekly cadence of short, practical posts — one per week, covering whatever’s actually changing across our thirteen practice areas.
The guardianship court process in Pakistan, step by step, for parents abroad
How a guardianship case runs in a Pakistani Family Court when the family lives abroad: power of attorney, petition, notice, welfare inquiry, hearings, order.
Read the post →Your late father’s bank account is frozen and the heirs live abroad. Here is how it gets released.
How overseas heirs get a NADRA succession certificate to release a late parent’s bank balance, savings or shares in Pakistan — and when a court is needed.
Read the post →Gifting a house or plot in Pakistan while you live abroad: getting the hiba right
How overseas Pakistanis can gift a house or plot in Pakistan to a child, spouse or sibling through a valid hiba — and the mistakes that get gifts challenged.
Read the post →Child adoption from Pakistan: the document checklist for overseas families
The documents overseas families need for guardianship of a child in Pakistan: parents’ papers, the child’s records, court order, NADRA, passport, attestation and visa.
Read the post →Branch office, liaison office or subsidiary: how a foreign company should enter Pakistan
The three main ways a foreign company sets up in Pakistan, what each can do, the BOI and SECP steps, and how profits and liability differ.
Read the post →Your tenant in Punjab has stopped paying or won't leave. You live abroad. What now?
How overseas Pakistanis deal with a defaulting or overstaying tenant in Punjab: the Rent Tribunal, the tenancy agreement, and running it through an attorney.
Read the post →The annual compliance calendar for a foreign-owned company in Pakistan
What a foreign-owned Pakistani company files each year with SECP and FBR: AGM, annual return, audited accounts, tax returns, withholding and beneficial ownership.
Read the post →My relative has taken over my property in Pakistan. What do I do from here?
What overseas Pakistanis should do in the first week when a relative occupies their house or plot in Pakistan, and which court route fits which facts.
Read the post →The one page that decides whether your property in Pakistan stays yours
Why overseas Pakistanis should sign a special power of attorney, what to write in it, and how to revoke a general one that is being misused.
Read the post →Your father has died and the heirs live in four countries. Where do you start?
A practical sequence for heirs living abroad: death certificate, FRC, NADRA succession certificate, inheritance mutation, and what to do when one heir objects.
Read the post →Khula from abroad: what a Pakistani Family Court expects when the wife lives overseas
How a wife living abroad files for khula in Pakistan, what the Family Court requires, and why recognition at home is a separate question.
Read the post →Nine checks before you send money for a plot in Pakistan
The title, society approval, possession and payment checks overseas Pakistanis should complete before transferring money for a plot or house in Pakistan.
Read the post →Punjab’s special courts for overseas Pakistanis’ property: what changed, and what did not
What Punjab's 2025 special courts for overseas Pakistanis' property do, how the suspended DC-committee scheme differs, and what it means for your case.
Read the post →How We Help Overseas Pakistanis Adopt a Child From Pakistan
A practical walkthrough of how we handle adoption cases for overseas Pakistani families, from the first call to the guardianship certificate.
Read the post →How Much Does It Actually Cost to Register a Company in Pakistan?
A full cost breakdown for SECP company registration — government fees, lawyer fees, NTN/sales tax registration, and what drives the total up or down.
Read the post →Adoption vs. Guardianship in Pakistan
Pakistan has no adoption statute. Here’s what guardianship under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 actually means for a family, and why the difference matters more than it first appears.
Read the post →Read our longer-form Publications
While the weekly blog gets going, our Publications section already has several longer notes on SECP, tax and dispute resolution topics.