The Working Library
Guides.
Long-form practical guides, maintained chapter by chapter. Each carries an as-of date; none is legal advice.
Doing Business in Pakistan
A working map for boards and investors: entity choice, exchange control, tax, employment, disputes, and exit — as they operate in practice.
- Ch. 01Entity choice & incorporationThe vehicles available under Pakistani law, what each is for, and how incorporation before the SECP actually works.
- Ch. 02Foreign investment & exchange controlWhat a foreign investor may own, how money comes in through the State Bank's framework, and how it goes out again.
- Ch. 03Tax at a glanceThe federal and provincial taxes a business in Pakistan actually pays, who collects them, and the compliance calendar.
- Ch. 04EmploymentHiring, paying, and parting with employees in Pakistan — the workman distinction, the statutory benefits, and how termination actually works.
- Ch. 05Dispute resolutionThe courts a commercial dispute actually passes through, what arbitration can and cannot do in Pakistan, and how to draft for both.
- Ch. 06ExitingHow investors leave Pakistan — share sales, winding up, and branch closure — and how sale proceeds actually get remitted.
The White-Collar Handbook
Written for a director or general counsel reading at a bad moment: the agencies, the first 48 hours, bail, and the road through trial.
- Ch. 01The agencies: NAB, FIA, FBR, SECP, and the provincial ACEsWho investigates what in Pakistan, how each agency's process runs, and why the first question in any white-collar matter is which agency you are facing.
- Ch. 02The first 48 hoursWhat to do, and what not to do, in the first two days after a notice, a raid, or an arrest.
- Ch. 03Bail, remand & travelHow custody, bail and travel restrictions work in Pakistani white-collar cases, and how to prepare for each.
- Ch. 04Trials, plea bargains & appealsWhere white-collar cases are tried, the exits available before judgment, the real cost of a plea bargain, and how appeals run.