Partnership firm registration in Islamabad

A partnership that is not registered cannot sue to enforce its own contracts, and no bank will open an account for it. We take the firm from a conversation between partners to a certificate in hand. One requirement is worth knowing before you start: the office must be in a commercial area, on a commercial IESCO meter.

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Is this you?

Two or more of you are already working together, or about to, and you need the firm registered properly in Islamabad before the bank account, the NTN and the first real contract.

What you get for Rs 30,000

Address check before anything else — we confirm the premises qualify as commercial and the IESCO meter is on a commercial tariff
Partnership deed drafted around your actual commercial terms, not a template
Form-I prepared and checked before anyone signs it
Affidavit of accuracy drafted for the Rs 50 stamp paper
Fee challan prepared on Form 32-A under head C-03545 for deposit at NBP
Document set assembled and taken through notary attestation
Filing at the Industries Department, G-11/4, and your appearance date coordinated
Certificate collected and handed over, with the original deed returned to you
FBR AOP registration guidance so the NTN follows without a second engagement

What we need from you

CNIC copies of all partners (minimum two) and two witnesses
Lease or ownership proof for premises in a commercial area — a residential address is not accepted
IESCO bill for those premises showing a commercial tariff — a domestic connection is not accepted, even inside a commercial building
Agreed capital contribution, partnership share and profit-sharing ratio for each partner
Firm name, and one or two alternatives in case the first is unavailable
Nature of the business, described as widely as you intend to trade
Mobile numbers and permanent residential addresses of all partners

The forms, free to read

The actual documents, shown exactly as they are issued. Read any of them in the browser or download the original to fill in, free, whether or not you engage us. These are the Islamabad forms — Punjab and Sindh use different instruments, so message us with your office address if you are unsure which Registrar you fall under.

Form-I — application for registration of firms download ↓
The statutory application under section 58
Fee challan — Form 32-A, head C-03545 download ↓
What to write in each field so the payment reaches your file
Draft partnership deed — full working template download ↓
A complete two-partner deed, with every value that needs replacing highlighted
Sample partnership deed — short form download ↓
The minimum clause set an Islamabad filing is built around
Affidavit — correctness of information download ↓
The six things you swear to, and which one to check first
ICT Registrar of Firms — information leaflet download ↓
The office's own leaflet, including the commercial-meter requirement

Ask us which form applies to you

How it runs

01Terms and address checked
One call covers shares, profit ratio, capital, banking authority and what happens if someone leaves. We check the office address and the IESCO tariff in the same call, because a non-qualifying address stops everything downstream.
02Deed and forms drafted
We write the deed around your terms, prepare Form-I and the affidavit, and send them for your review before any stamp paper is bought.
03Stamp papers, challan and notary
You buy the Islamabad stamp papers and deposit the Rs 10,000 challan at NBP. We assemble the file and take it through notary attestation.
04Filed, appearance, certificate
We file at G-11/4 and coordinate the date all partners appear before the Registrar. The certificate is collected and handed to you with your original deed.

Questions people actually ask

What does the Rs 30,000 actually cover?

Our professional work: drafting the partnership deed around your commercial terms, preparing Form-I and the affidavit, preparing the challan, assembling and notarising the document set, filing at the Industries Department, coordinating the appearance before the Registrar and collecting the certificate. Government charges are separate and are paid by you — Rs 10,000 registration fee at NBP, Rs 1,000 stamp paper for the deed, Rs 50 stamp paper for the affidavit, and notary charges. We tell you the total before you commit, and none of the government money passes through us.

Can you register a firm for a Rawalpindi office?

Not through this service. The ICT Registrar of Firms covers the Islamabad Capital Territory only, and registration follows the firm's principal place of business. A Rawalpindi address registers with the Registrar of Firms in Punjab, which has its own fee schedule and counter procedure. Ask us and we will tell you which jurisdiction your address falls in before you spend anything.

Our office is at home. Is that a problem?

Yes, and it is the most common reason a first submission is refused. The premises must be in a commercial area and the IESCO bill must show a commercial tariff. Those are two separate tests — a unit inside a commercial plaza can still be on a domestic connection left over from an earlier use, and the tariff printed on the bill is what the Registrar reads. We check both at the first call, before any drafting or stamp paper, because it is the one requirement that cannot be fixed on the day of submission.

Do all partners have to come to Islamabad?

For the appearance before the Registrar, yes — the partners attend in person with original CNICs and a photograph is taken. Collection afterwards can be delegated: if a partner is out of the city or country, or unwell, the partners can nominate a focal person and issue an authority letter for collecting the certificate. We coordinate the appearance date around everyone's availability, which is usually the longest single item in the timeline.

Does a registered firm give us limited liability?

No. Partners in a registered firm are jointly and severally liable for the firm's debts without limit, so personal assets stay exposed. Registration gives the firm legal recognition and the right to sue — an unregistered firm cannot enforce its own contracts in court under section 69 of the Partnership Act. If limited liability is what you are after, the structure is a private limited company or an LLP with SECP, which is a different process at a different cost. We will say so plainly if that is the better fit for you.

Is the NTN included?

Registration guidance is included, and the FBR AOP registration itself is priced separately at our published NTN fee for a partnership or AOP. The firm is a separate taxpayer once registered: it needs its own NTN on IRIS against the firm rather than any partner's CNIC, and it files its own annual return. Most clients do both together, and we sequence them so the NTN application goes in as soon as the certificate is issued.

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