Screening
Police character certificate
Province-by-province application process, fees from around PKR 350, and why employers cannot request one on a candidate's behalf.
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Compliance guides for Pakistan
Plain explanations of the government processes our clients deal with most: what each one costs, how long it takes, and where people get stuck.
Screening
HEC degree attestation
The fully online e-Services process, the PKR 3,000 per document fee, and how the certificate lets any employer verify a degree.
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Registration
SECP company name search
How to check name availability, the five reasons SECP reject names, and the difference between a name search and a company search.
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Tax
NTN registration and verification
How to register, how to verify an NTN by CNIC, and why holding an NTN is not the same as being a filer.
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Tax
Active Taxpayer List check
Check your filer status by CNIC online or by SMS to 9966, what each status means, and how to get back on the list.
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Tax
Filing your income tax return
The IRIS process step by step, the documents you need, and why the wealth statement stalls more returns than anything else.
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Most of the questions we field are not about our services. They are about how a government process actually works, what it costs, and how long it really takes. The answers are scattered across portals, agent websites and outdated blog posts, and a fair amount of what circulates is wrong or years out of date.
These guides are what we would tell a client on the phone. Where a process genuinely requires professional help, we say so. Where it does not, we say that too. Several of these are things you can complete yourself in an afternoon, and you should.
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