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2026-04-16

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Companies Regulations 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan promulgates the Companies Regulations, 2024, which override any conflicting provisions in company memoranda, articles, or agreements. The regulations establish comprehensive rules for company name reservation, including a sixty-day validity period and specific prohibitions on government-associated or restricted terms. They also define key legal terms such as authorized intermediaries, benefits, and employees stock option schemes, while setting out procedures for foreign company registration and the use of specific corporate titles.

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GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN Islamabad, the 12th February, 2024 NOTIFICATION S.R.O__201__(I)/2024.–The following draft of the Companies Regulations, 2024, proposed to be made by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 512 of the Companies Act, 2017 (XIX of 2017), is pleased to notify the following Companies Regulations, 2024 , the same having been previously published in the official gazette vide notification No. S.R.O. 1119 (I)/2022 dated July 20, 2022, namely—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY

  1. Short title and commencement.–(1) These regulations shall be called the Companies
    Regulations, 2024.
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    (2) These regulations shall come into force at once.
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    (3) The provisions of these regulations shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the memorandum or articles of a company, or in any contract or agreement executed by it, or in any resolution passed by the company in general meeting or by its directors, whether the same be registered, executed or passed, as the case may be, before or after coming into force of the said provisions and any provision contained in the memorandum, articles, agreement or resolution aforesaid shall, to the extent to which it is repugnant to the aforesaid provisions of these regulations, become or be void, as the case may be.

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The Securities Act, 2015 (Act N…2015The Companies Act, 2017 (Act No…2017The Securities and Exchange Com…1997S.R.O. 459 of 2025 – Amendments…2025Regulation No. 1116(I)/2025 dat…not in RegAlertRegulation No. 1355(I)/2025 dat…not in RegAlertRegulation No. 601(I)/2025 date…not in RegAlertCompanies Regulations 20242026-04-16 · this document
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This document amends: S.R.O. 459 of 2025 – Amendments to the Companies Regulations 2024

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