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How to Complain Against a Hospital or Doctor in Punjab
The complaint goes to the Healthcare Commission within sixty days, in writing, with your affidavit. Anonymous complaints are not entertained.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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The Disabled Persons Employment Quota in Pakistan
Three per cent of staff in establishments of a hundred or more must be disabled persons, and an unfilled place costs the salary monthly.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
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What to Do If a Landlord Cuts Your Utilities in Punjab
A landlord cannot cut water or power without cause, and a tenant whose rent is refused can deposit it in the Rent Tribunal instead.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
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The Workers Profit Fund Nobody Claims in Pakistan
Covered companies pay five per cent of profits into a workers fund each year. You can encash the units in your name at any time.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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Punjab Shops Must Display Prices and Give a Receipt
A shop must display prices, issue a receipt with four details, and show its refund policy at the till before the sale is completed.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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How to Check a Housing Scheme Before Buying a Plot
The authority publishes approved schemes with blocks, plot counts and mortgaged plots, plus a separate illegal list. Five checks before you pay.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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Passport Offices Open Saturdays, and the Six Month Rule
Delivery counters are opening on Saturdays for two months. Uncollected passports are disposed of after six months, so check yours now.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
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Your Leave Entitlement at Work in Pakistan
Fourteen days annual, ten casual on full pay, sixteen sick on half. Plus seven days paternity leave that almost nobody claims.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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Advance Tax When You Buy at an Auction in Pakistan
Advance tax is collected from the buyer on the sale price, including confiscated goods, and again with every instalment you pay.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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How to Register an Industrial Design in Pakistan
You need not be the author to register a design. But it must be unpublished worldwide, and an incomplete application dies at six months.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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The Rs 200,000 Tax on a Foreign Domestic Worker Visa
Two hundred thousand rupees is collected when the visa is issued or renewed, and the section states plainly that it is adjustable.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Child Guardianship in Pakistan and How It Differs From Custody
A mother with custody may still need a guardianship order to deal with a child's property, bank account or documents. Two separate things.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
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Smog Season in Punjab: What Actually Protects You
Smog is pollution, not fog, and it does not lift at mid morning. What helps indoors, what masks do, and who is most at risk.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
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Fog and Motorway Closures in Pakistan: What to Know
Closures come from the motorway police, not the weather office. Why an early start is the wrong call, and what to carry before December.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
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Tax on Commission and Brokerage Income in Pakistan
The payer deducts before you see it, and netting off your commission is treated as payment. Who must deduct, and how to keep the credit.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Geographical Indications in Pakistan and How to Use One
You cannot own a GI in Pakistan. The Federal Government does. Producers register as Authorized Users for an official fee of Rs 1,000.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
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How to Register a Patent in Pakistan
Public disclosure anywhere in the world before filing ends novelty. The four tests an invention must pass, and the one narrow exception.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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Advance Tax When You Buy or Transfer a Vehicle in Pakistan
No advance tax is collected on a transfer more than five years after first registration. And you should not pay it twice on a new car.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Petrol Up Rs 2.29 to Rs 346.16 From Today
Petrol is Rs 346.16 and diesel Rs 372.03 from 3 September. Two rises in two days add Rs 3.37 to petrol and Rs 1.62 to diesel.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Where to Get the Official Weather Forecast in Pakistan
PMD's live forecasts, warnings and advisories now publish at weather.gov.pk. Where each section is, and how to read a warning properly.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
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Revised Basic Pay Scales 2026 for Government Employees
House Rent Allowance is frozen at its 30 June level and the 7 per cent does not count for pension. Read in the Finance Division memorandum.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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Gas Load Shedding Schedule in Pakistan This Winter
The 2026-27 schedule is not out yet. What last winter's slots were, where the official notice appears, and the safety part that matters.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
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Bait-ul-Mal Education Stipends and Orphan Support
Fees including boarding go straight to the institution. Public sector students only, and children of government employees cannot apply.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
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Tax on Bank Profit and Savings in Pakistan
Tax is deducted before profit reaches you, on bank deposits, National Savings and Post Office accounts. Why your return looks lower.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read