Consultation · SECP · 29 Sep 2026
This document proposes draft amendments to the Non-Banking Finance Companies and Notified Entities Regulations, 2008, for public comment within fourteen days. The proposed changes include increasing a minimum limit in regulation 2(1)(xxxiva) from Rs 1,200,000 to Rs 1,500,000. It also redefines "small enterprise" with an annual turnover of Rs. 30 Million to Rs. 400 Million and "medium enterprise" with an annual turnover of Rs. 400 Million to Rs. 2,000 Million. Furthermore, regulation 17(3) would be amended to set new loan limits for "Poor Persons" (Rs. 5,000,000 for housing, Rs. 500,000 for general loans) and "Microenterprise" (Rs. 5,000,000).
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
Islamabad, the 17th September, 2026
S.R.O.1638(I)/2026.- The following draft amendments to the Non-Banking Finance Companies and Notified Entities Regulations, 2008, proposed to be made by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 282B of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of 1984), are hereby published for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that comments or suggestions, if any, received by the Commission within fourteen days from the date of placement of the draft amendments on the website of the Commission may be taken into consideration, namely: -
In the aforesaid Regulations, -
(1) in regulation 2, in sub-regulation (1), -
(a) in clause (xxxiva), for the expressions “Rs 1,200,000/- or such other minimum limit as may be notified from time to time” the expressions “Rs 1,500,000/- or such other minimum amount as may be specified from time to time” shall be substituted; and
(b) in clause (xli), -
(i) for sub-clauses (a) and (b), the following shall be substituted, namely: -
“(a) small enterprise: - a business entity that has annual turnover above Rs. 30 Million to Rs. 400 Million or such other limits as the Commission may specify through Circular; and
“(b) medium enterprise: - a business entity that has annual turnover above Rs. 400 Million to Rs. 2,000 Million or such other limits as the Commission may specify through Circular;” ; and
(2) in regulation 17, for sub-regulation (3), for clauses (a) and (b), the following shall be substituted, namely: -
“(a) Poor Person, -
(i) for housing loan, Rs. 5,000,000 or such other limits as the Commission may specify through Circular;
(ii) for general loans, other than housing loan, Rs.500,000 or such other limits as the Commission may specify through Circular; and
(b) For Microenterprise, Rs. 5,000,000 or such other limits as the Commission may specify through Circular;”.
[File No.SY/SECP/8/13]
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