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Landmark Decision on Custody of Minor

A wonderful Judgment setting guiding principles in Custody Cases for Family Courts. The entire judgment can be obtained at citation "2018 SCMR 1991". The first point clearly states that underage children will stay with their mother till they attain the age of puberty. Second point is that education, uniform, books and pick and drop for school will be the responsibility of the father. The father, apart from educational expenditures, every month will also provide another Rs5,000 for the miscellaneous needs of the children. Third, the children will be able to visit the father every holiday at his home. The father will take the children from the mother’s house at 8pm on Friday and drop the children back at 1pm on Sunday. Fourth, on the onset of summer holidays, the father will be able to take the children on the first Sunday and keep the children for four Sundays and on the fourth Sunday; the children will be dropped back at the mother’s house. Fifth, during winter holidays fro

NGO registration is no more easy

There are four statutes that govern the NGO registration procedures in Pakistan. 1. The Societies Registration Act 1860 2. The Trusts Act 1882 3. The Volunteer Social Welfare Agency Act 1961 4. The Companies Act 2017 Out of these four statutes ban has been imposed on first three procedures. The fourth one is now the official procedure which takes long time for registration. Similarly if a person starts complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2017, it is not necessary that the NGO may be registered even after a year's struggle. It seems that the Government of Pakistan is no more encouraging the process of NGO registration. Therefore the new entrants in the NGO industry almost have no scope. However, if you like to register a NGO for fair purposes then with some struggle its registration is possible. You can contact lawyergolra@gmail.com for NGO registration. Regards, Salman Yousaf Khan (Golra) NGO Lawyer +92-333-5339880

It is mandatory to disclose assets while filing returns

The last date for filing income tax returns for the previous year has been extended to 30th April 2019. Whenever an income tax return is filed, wealth tax statement is filed along with it. It is mandatory to file wealth tax statement before filing of income tax return. Most people fear of disclosing their personal assets or incomes in their returns. This fear is dangerous for themselves. The reason is that the Government already has the record of transactions and assets of most people in its record. The system is centralized at the Government's end these days. From one system FBR employees can access CNIC details, FBR details, Bank Account details, foreign transaction details, NAB cases, FIA cases, SECP details and similar other details of any individual irrespective whether such person is a filer or not. So it is best to be fair with the Government and to disclose the assets and transactions fairly to avoid any problems in future. For professional advise or for filing you