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Provided legal
assistance to Government of the Punjab in
forming Punjab Industrial Estates Development
and Management Company (PIE). This is a
Guarantee Company having share capital of 150.00
Million Rupees, setup under section 42 of the
Companies Ordinance, 1984 and has the unique
distinction to be the first company of its
nomenclature to be incorporated in Pakistan.
Presently, we are providing legal support to
this company which is in the process of
establishing Sundar Industrial Estate near
Lahore; the project will be over 1500 acres; the
company is also managing the affairs of
Quaid-e-Azam Industrial Estate, Kot Lakhpat,
Lahore and Multan Industrial Estate, Multan.
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Advised Export
Promotion Bureau, Government of Pakistan,
presently known as the Trade Development
Authority of Pakistan regarding incorporation of
Expo Lahore (Pvt.) Limited. It is a Twenty
Billion Rupee Venture of the Federal &
Provincial Governments in which private
developers will also have a substantial
involvement. Currently, we are providing legal
services to the said company which has the
mandate to establish an Expo Center at Lahore
which will comprise of exhibition halls, hotel
and one of the tallest towers ever built in
Pakistan. The President of Pakistan Mr Pervez
Musharaf on March 13, 2006 performed the
foundation stone laying ceremony. Currently two
Expo halls are fully operational and providing
exemplary services in Pakistan to domestic
entities and the international industries who
choose to exhibit in Pakistan.
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Since the year
2006, we are advising Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB) as its Legal Advisors on contentious and
non-contentious issues all over Pakistan as well
as internationally, especially in corporate,
service and real estate matters. The most
important of all was the issue of spot fixing
matter which arose in 2010 in London. We
advised PCB and monitored the proceedings
undertaken by Scotland Yard, followed by
proceeding by ICC and Crown Court, separately.
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We provide legal
services to ORIX Leasing Pakistan Limited
through Multan Offices and handling wide ranging
matters particularly those relating to recovery
of lease monies.
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Assisted the
Industries Department, Government of Pakistan in
incorporation of Technology Up-gradation and
Skill Development Company – a 150.00 Million
Rupee project. This company shall establish
technology up-gradation and skill development
centers all over Pakistan.
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National
Industrial Parks Development and Management
Company, owned by the Government of Pakistan
having a share capital of 500.00 Million Rupee
was incorporated for which we provided legal
support and rendered legal advice for several
years. The company established an industrial
estate in Karachi and is venturing to develop
industrial clusters in various other parts of
the country.
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We also assisted
Government of Punjab in incorporation of Punjab
AgriMarketing Company (PAMCO) - a Guarantee
company having share capital of 100.00 Million
Rupee project and a revolutionary step in the
field of agriculture processing and marketing.
We advised this company for many years on their
complex legal issues – the company being the
pioneer in its field in Pakistan.
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Assisted
Agriculture Department, Government of Punjab in
incorporating Research and Development Companies
pertaining to several major agricultural
products of the Province of Punjab which will
look after the development of such products in
the Province.
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Also incorporated
and later advised Pakistan Dairy Development
Company (PDDC) on their legal matters for a long
time. The company was established as a guarantee
company with share capital under section 42 of
the Companies Ordinance, 1984 to look after the
interests of dairy sector in Pakistan. The
company for a long time, worked in collaboration
with the foreign consultants who advised them on
updated scientific methods and procedures
involved in dairy sector.
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Recently, we
handled registration of collective mark BASMATI
as Geographical Indication which has been done
for the first time in Pakistan. The registration
process included drafting of regulations
regarding use of the mark as Geographical
Indication. The process was opposed by several
domestic and international organizations and
statutory authority but was successfully
initiated and defended by the Law Firm. BASMATI
has the unique distinction to be the first
Geographical Indication of Pakistan.
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Provided legal
assistance for several years to the Queen's
Proctor Treasury Solicitors, United Kingdom in
contentious matters pending before English
Courts, involving expatriate Pakistanis.
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We advise a number
of foreign television channels including Turner
Broadcasting Systems Inc. and ZEE Network . We
provide them wide range of legal services
expanding from distribution agreement and
negotiations with the Pakistan Electronic Media
Regulatory Authority to service matters.
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In the recent
past, we advised Government of the Punjab in
updating and modernizing laws relating to
Agriculture Marketing in the Province of Punjab.
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We also have the
experience of working on the Power Purchase
Agreements (PPAs) and Implementation Agreements
(IAs). In the recent past, we advised about
establishment and installation of the Power
Project at Sundar Industrial Estate - a joint
venture between our clients Punjab Industrial
Estates Development & Management Company and the
consortium of US and Kuwaiti companies.
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We have also
actively participated in drafting/upgrading the
Laws regarding Consumer Protection Issues, Labor
rights and Non Profit Organizations in
Pakistan.
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We also advise a
number of Pharmaceutical Companies and rendered
legal opinions on different matters to them,
initiated trademark infringement suits and
handled other issues before various fora. The
legal support is still continuing.
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We also provided
legal services to Shaheen Insurance Company
Limited - an insurance company with one of the
highest underwriting profits in the insurance
industry. It is one of the emerging companies
making its presence felt with each passing year.
The Company has been showing a rapid growth in
premium volume and profitability.
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Advised Kashf
Foundation, the largest Microfinance
Organization in Pakistan working in four
districts of the Punjab, with a portfolio of
above 900.00 Million Rupee and having over
70,000 clients. This organization has
transformed itself into a guarantee company.
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In the recent
past, we ardently worked on the Labor Laws of
Pakistan which resulted in formation of precise
and pragmatic inspection procedure and forms,
now applicable in industrial sector.
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We have been legal
advisors to the Federal Land Commission (FLC)
and have handled around 300 cases for it in the
High Court and the Supreme Court. FLC is a
department of Government of Pakistan and hold
proprietary rights of Government lands all over
Pakistan.
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Handled extensive
litigation on behalf of Utility Stores
Corporation before various foras including the
Honorable High Courts and Supreme Court of
Pakistan.