https://www.bhullahlaw.com/ Guides and updates from KBL & Associates, Lahore: overseas Pakistanis, property, inheritance, family and corporate law in Pakistan. en Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-guardianship-court-process-pakistan-parents-abroad.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-guardianship-court-process-pakistan-parents-abroad.html How a guardianship case runs in a Pakistani Family Court when the family lives abroad: power of attorney, petition, notice, welfare inquiry, hearings, order. Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-succession-certificate-bank-account-pakistan-overseas-heirs.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-succession-certificate-bank-account-pakistan-overseas-heirs.html 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. Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-gift-hiba-property-pakistan-from-abroad.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-gift-hiba-property-pakistan-from-abroad.html 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. Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-child-adoption-pakistan-documents-checklist-overseas.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-child-adoption-pakistan-documents-checklist-overseas.html 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. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-branch-office-vs-subsidiary-pakistan.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-branch-office-vs-subsidiary-pakistan.html 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. Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-recover-property-from-tenant-pakistan-from-abroad.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-recover-property-from-tenant-pakistan-from-abroad.html How overseas Pakistanis deal with a defaulting or overstaying tenant in Punjab: the Rent Tribunal, the tenancy agreement, and running it through an attorney. Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-annual-compliance-foreign-owned-company-pakistan.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-annual-compliance-foreign-owned-company-pakistan.html What a foreign-owned Pakistani company files each year with SECP and FBR: AGM, annual return, audited accounts, tax returns, withholding and beneficial ownership. Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-adoption-vs-guardianship-pakistan.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-adoption-vs-guardianship-pakistan.html Pakistan has no adoption statute. Here’s what guardianship under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 actually gives a family instead. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-buying-plot-in-pakistan-from-abroad-checks.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-buying-plot-in-pakistan-from-abroad-checks.html The title, society approval, possession and payment checks overseas Pakistanis should complete before transferring money for a plot or house in Pakistan. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-general-vs-special-power-of-attorney-pakistan.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-general-vs-special-power-of-attorney-pakistan.html 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. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-khula-from-abroad-pakistan-family-court.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-khula-from-abroad-pakistan-family-court.html How a wife living abroad files for khula in Pakistan, what the Family Court requires, and why recognition at home is a separate question. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-overseas-pakistanis-adopt-child-pakistan.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-overseas-pakistanis-adopt-child-pakistan.html A practical walkthrough of how KBL & Associates handles child adoption cases for overseas Pakistani families, from first call to guardianship certificate. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-punjab-special-courts-overseas-pakistanis-property.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-punjab-special-courts-overseas-pakistanis-property.html 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. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-relative-occupied-my-property-pakistan.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-relative-occupied-my-property-pakistan.html 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. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-transfer-parents-property-pakistan-heirs-abroad.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/blog-transfer-parents-property-pakistan-heirs-abroad.html A practical sequence for heirs living abroad: death certificate, FRC, NADRA succession certificate, inheritance mutation, and what to do when one heir objects. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/publication-active-taxpayer-list-filer-status.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/publication-active-taxpayer-list-filer-status.html How withholding rates on banking and property transactions shift once a company falls off the Active Taxpayer List. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/publication-arbitration-act-2024-pakistan.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/publication-arbitration-act-2024-pakistan.html The 1940 Act still governs domestic arbitration today. Here’s what shifts once the pending UNCITRAL-based reform is enacted. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/publication-energy-project-financing-pakistan.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/publication-energy-project-financing-pakistan.html An overview of how sponsors and lenders typically structure offtake and security arrangements for smaller power and energy projects. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/publication-secp-beneficial-ownership-filing.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/publication-secp-beneficial-ownership-filing.html A walkthrough of the current beneficial-ownership (GIS) filing window and what triggers it for a Pakistani private limited company. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/kbl-blog-cost-to-register-company-pakistan.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/kbl-blog-cost-to-register-company-pakistan.html Full cost breakdown for SECP company registration in Pakistan — government fees, lawyer fees, tax registration, and what drives the total up or down. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/overseas-pakistanis.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/overseas-pakistanis.html Property, power of attorney, inheritance, divorce and guardianship cases in Pakistan, run from Lahore for Pakistanis in the UK, Europe, America and the Gulf. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/document-attestation-apostille-pakistan.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/document-attestation-apostille-pakistan.html Does your country's apostille work in Pakistan? Country-by-country table for 21 countries, including the eight states that objected to Pakistan's accession. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/property-disputes-overseas-pakistanis.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/property-disputes-overseas-pakistanis.html Relatives or a qabza group occupying your property in Pakistan? Recovery through special courts, the Illegal Dispossession Act or a civil suit, run from Lahore. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/power-of-attorney-from-abroad-pakistan.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/power-of-attorney-from-abroad-pakistan.html Sign a power of attorney for Pakistan from abroad: NADRA online, a Pakistani mission, or notary plus apostille. Which works where, and how to revoke one. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/inheritance-succession-overseas-pakistanis.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/inheritance-succession-overseas-pakistanis.html Transferring a parent's property in Pakistan while heirs live abroad: NADRA succession certificates, inheritance mutation and court cases over denied shares. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/divorce-khula-custody-overseas-pakistanis.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/divorce-khula-custody-overseas-pakistanis.html Talaq notice, khula, NADRA divorce certificate, custody and cross-border child cases in Pakistan for Pakistanis abroad, with recognition explained. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500 https://www.bhullahlaw.com/buy-sell-property-pakistan-from-abroad.html https://www.bhullahlaw.com/buy-sell-property-pakistan-from-abroad.html Title checks, society and LDA approval, Roshan Digital Account payments, special powers of attorney and transfer taxes for overseas buyers and sellers. Mon, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0500