Companies Laws

This 1972 Act lets the Federal Government appoint a trustee to take over management of a company in the public interest, vesting the company's assets and Board powers in that trustee and barring courts from questioning actions taken under it.

The House Building Finance Corporation Act, 1952 established Pakistan's state-backed home-financing institution, the House Building Finance Corporation, governing its management, funding, and lending powers - but the Act has since been repealed by Act XXV of 2018 and no longer governs current housing finance regulation.

The Merchandise Marks Act, 1889 makes it an offence to apply false or misleading trade descriptions — about a product's origin, materials, quantity or manufacturer — to goods sold in Pakistan, and lets the government require country-of-origin labelling on specified goods.

A 1974 Act that transferred specific cement, chemical, fertilizer and heavy-engineering projects and companies from the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation to newly created specialised state corporations, along with their employees, contracts and pending lawsuits.

The 1997 Act establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) as the regulator of capital markets, companies, insurance, audit firms and other financial services, with broad investigative, enforcement and rule-making powers.