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Company registrations witness 29% growth in May
Friday June 6, 2014

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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 482 new limited liability companies in May, raising the total corporate portfolio to 64,159 companies.

Relative to corresponding month last year, a very healthy growth of 29% was witnessed in company registrations. In addition, the SECP granted 3 licenses to non-profit associations during the month.

Around 92 percent companies registered as private limited companies; while 4 percent companies were registered as single member companies. Two percent of the companies have been registered as public limited companies, while 1.5 percent companies were registered as associations under Section 42 of the 1984 Companies Ordinance.

The trading sector took the lead in new registrations with the incorporation of 55 companies, followed by services with 53, information and technology with 47, tourism with 32, construction with 26, corporate agricultural farming with 25, food and beverages and textile with 17 each, communications, education and power generation with 16, pharmaceutical with 15 and engineering with 13 companies each.

Foreign investment has been witnessed in 23 new companies. These companies have foreign investors from Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands Antilles, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US. These companies are from trading, information technology, mining and quarrying, power generation, services, textile, communications, corporate agricultural farming, engineering, fuel and energy and transport sectors.

During the month, 192 companies were registered at the Company Registration Office (CRO), Lahore, followed by 107 and 102 companies registered at CRO Karachi and Islamabad respectively. The CROs in Multan, Peshawar and Faisalabad registered 34, 21 and 15 companies respectively. The Quetta CRO registered 9, while the Sukkur CRO registered 2 companies.

In the month of May, returns for an increase in the authorized capital of 98 companies were accepted, with the total authorized capital increment of Rs11.05 billion. In addition, 88 companies filed returns for increase in the paid-up capital with a total enhancement of Rs9.77 billion.

Company registrations witness 29% growth in May | Pakistan Today
 
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I bet PTI losers will come in this thread in hordes and try to take credit of this news.
 
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I bet PTI losers will come in this thread in hordes and try to take credit of this news.
ye aik doosre ko tanay marne ki bajaye topic pe baat kar lain to bohat acha rahay ga...

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So the nation of 200 million people having only 64,159 companies. This is only 0.032% of the population owns a company in Pakistan. Such a shame
 
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So the nation of 200 million people having only 64,159 companies. This is only 0.032% of the population owns a company in Pakistan. Such a shame
These are the registered companies.....You haven't counted the unregistered entrepreneurship in the country....Probably its good to use some common sense before jumping to the lessons of shame.....
 
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These are the registered companies.....You haven't counted the unregistered entrepreneurship in the country....Probably its good to use some common sense before jumping to the lessons of shame.....
I know... My above post had nothing to do with with individual party so no idea why you chose to be inappropriate. I am also aware of 2.5 million small business in the country (almost 100% unregistered).

It is not a fault of any political party, it's the fault of entire system.... Such a shame
 
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I know... My above post had nothing to do with with individual party so no idea why you chose to be inappropriate. I am also aware of 2.5 million small business in the country (almost 100% unregistered).

It is not a fault of any political party, it's the fault of entire system.... Such a shame
I wasn't talking it from any political perspective just commenting on the naivety and of course on the famous use of "shame on xx".
 
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