SARN provides comprehensive legal services to non-profit organizations and associations in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. We provide services to businesses, institutions, educational, social, religious, individuals and families seeking to accomplish non-profit objectives.  In Pakistan there are numbers of laws for registration of non-profit organizations including the prominent Acts and Ordinances as The Societies Registration Act, 1860, The Trusts Act, 1882, Registration of non-profit Companies under section 42 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984, The Co-operative Societies Act, 1925, Trade Organisations Ordinance, 2007, Non-Profit Public Benefit Organisations (Governance and Support) Act, 2003, Mussalman Waqf Act, 1923, Charitable Endowments Act, 1923.

SARN offers a broad spectrum of legal services to NPO’s in Pakistan including following:

Registration of Non-profit Organizations/Non Governmental Organisations.

Preparation of documents

• Advising non-profit board members of their duties & responsibilities

• Advising individuals and entities with respect to charitable giving matters

• Advising NPO’s in obtaining tax exemptions

• Representing & defending all types of NPO’s in mediation, arbitration, litigation & similar matters

• Advising on real estate transactions, environmental etc. issues

• Advice NGO’s in their fund raising efforts

• Advising on Intellectual property issues, applying for and protecting copyrights or trademarks and obtaining licenses to use copyrighted materials

• Drafting of employment agreements

• Dissolution of NPOs/NGOs