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The Registration Department is responsible for administration of the Companies Ordinance 1984, and the rules and regulations made there under along with other relevant laws. Its primary functions include registration of companies, regulating their statutory functions, and monitoring of corporate compliance through examination of statutory returns and accounts. These functions are performed by the eight regional offices of the SECP, the Company Registration Offices (CROs). The Registration Department supervises, coordinates, and monitors the workings of the CROs. The Department is headed by Executive Director.

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objective

To promote healthy growth of corporate enterprises, protection of investors and creditors, promotion of investment and development of economy.

 

organizational structure

 

functional profile

Registration Coordination and Liaison Wing
The Registration Coordination and Liaison Wing is mainly responsible for registration of companies and supervision of Company Registration Offices (CROs). It monitors the functioning of registered entities in terms of the statutory provisions, regulates corporate compliance of registered entities and ensures filing of statutory returns by companies. Implementation of cost accounts in related industries, development of legal framework, and providing guidance to CROs and the general public are also part of the functions of the Wing.   

Enforcement and Compliance Wing
The
Enforcement and Compliance Wing is responsible for investigations into the affairs of companies, examination of merger schemes, amalgamation and takeovers, liquidation of companies, handling of court cases, matters of adjudication and prosecution, and coordination and liaison with Government agencies.

Licensing and Complaints Handling Wing
The Licensing and Complaints Handling Wing is mainly responsible for issuance of licenses to Associations not for profit, under section 42 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984. A Complaint Cell has also been established within the Wing for efficient and effective disposal of complaints from the general public, corporate sector and investors.

MIS Wing
The MIS Wing is primarily responsible for matters related to automation of CROs and the Registration Department. Some of its many activities are development and updating of the Companies Registration and Compliance System, website development and updating, creation of specific MIS reports, dissemination of information to different agencies, and onsite and off-site monitoring of CROs.

Research and Publications Wing
The Research and Publications Wing is responsible for undertaking research and preparing publications pertaining to the role of the Registration Department. Its main tasks include the publication of Companies Ordinance, 1984 as well as other rules and regulations made thereunder and the guidance booklets for awareness and information dissemination on corporate matters. Research is also being carried out to further facilitate the corporate sector through development of standardized memorandum of association for various sectors of the economy.

 

company registration offices

The office of the Registrar of Companies is a collegiate body of registrars performing under the Companies Ordinance, 1984. The Registrar of Companies is based at the SECP’s head office in Islamabad and supervises the working of registrars at the eight regional offices of the SECP, known as Company Registration Offices (CROs).

The CROs have jurisdiction limits, thus restricting them from operating all over Pakistan. The whole country and its regions have been divided among the eight CROs to ensure effective monitoring and efficient facilitation of the corporate sector. The necessary details of CROs and their functional areas are given below.

NAME

DESIGNATION

EMAIL ADDRESS

TELEPHONE NUMBER

Muhammad Musharraf Khan

 

Additional Registrar
(CRO Islamabad)

musharraf.khan@secp.gov.pk

+92-51-9218528

Ahmed Muzamil

 

Additional Registrar
(CRO Lahore)

amuzammil@secp.gov.pk

+92-42-9200274

Jawed Hussain

 

Additional Registrar
(CRO Karachi)

jawed.hussain@secp.gov.pk

+92-21-9213272

M. Mudassar Rahim

 

Joint Registrar
(CRO Peshawar)

mudassar.rahim@secp.gov.pk

+92-91-9213178

Mahboob Ahmad

 

Joint Director
(CRO Faisalabad)

mahboob.ahmad@secp.gov.pk

+92-42-9220516

Kashif Mahmood

 

Assistant Registrar
(CRO Quetta)

kashif.mahmood@secp.gov.pk

+92-81-844136

Iftikhar Hassan

Naqvi

Assistant Registrar
(CRO Sukkur)

Iftikhar.hasan@secp.gov.pk

+92-71-5633757