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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Pakistan and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 7-digit numeric for companies/AOPs; also serves as income-tax reference. STRN (Sales Tax Registration Number) issued separately for GST; biometric NADRA verification required to complete STRN. Registration number: Unique numeric identifier assigned at incorporation; appears on Certificate of Incorporation and all SECP filings.

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Sector regulators

SBP · SECP · PTA · PRA · SRB · KPRA · BRA

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed. Not applicable in Pakistan: Good Standing. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Issued digitally via LEAP eZfile; carries CUIN; sufficient proof of legal existence.
  • Constitutive Documents: Paired constitutive documents; filed at incorporation; amendments require SECP filing.
  • Tax Registration: Collect STRN certificate additionally if entity is GST-registered; for service providers, provincial STRN (PRA/SRB/KPRA/BRA) may also apply.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by Metropolitan Corporation, District Council, or DMA (ICT); annual renewal; requirements vary by city.
  • Sector-Specific License: Collect the license relevant to the entity’s regulated sector.
  • Ownership Records: Form-A is the SECP annual return listing all shareholders and their capital contributions. Filed via SECP eZfile portal.
  • Governance Records: Form 9 replaced Form 29 in early 2024; filed within 15 days of any director or officer appointment or change; lists directors, CEO, CFO, secretary, and legal adviser.
  • Signing Authority: Board resolution sufficient for corporate signatories; notarized/apostilled POA for external representatives.
  • Address: Accepted: lease (no time bound) or utility bill or bank statement (utility/bank dated within 90 days). Same document satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Notes

  • Form 9 replaced Form 29 (eff. 2024-02-12): Under Companies Regulations 2024 (S.R.O. 201(I)/2024), Form 9 is the current form for directors and officers particulars, consolidating former Forms 28 and 29. Collect Form 9, not Form 29, for any compliance filed after 12 February 2024.
  • STRN complexity — four provincial authorities: Sales tax on services is administered by PRA (Punjab), SRB (Sindh), KPRA (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), and BRA (Balochistan) — each issues its own STRN. A national services business may hold multiple STRNs. Collect the STRN(s) applicable to the entity’s operating province(s).
  • Apostille in force since 2023-03-09: Pakistan acceded to the Hague Apostille Convention (effective 2023-03-09); implementing legislation enacted (Apostille Act 2024, 2024-09-14). MOFA is the competent authority. Documents for use in Pakistan from member states may carry apostille instead of full embassy legalization chain.
  • Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships are not SECP entities: These register only with FBR (NTN) and provincial Registrar of Firms respectively; they have no CUIN and no SECP extract. For KYB, collect NTN certificate + partnership deed / proprietorship declaration instead of an incorporation certificate.