SECP to extend its One Stop Shop (OSS) facility to Baluchistan and KPK

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) will extend its One Stop Shop (OSS) facility for company registration to Baluchistan and KPK. SECP Commissioner Shaukat Hussain, Commissioner (SECP) said this while speaking at the launching ceremony of Government of Balochistan’s plan for Transformation of Traditional Businesses into Corporate Bodies.

Shaukat apprised the audience that the SECP’s eServices have already been integrated with Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the Employees Old Age Benefits Institution (EOBI). SECP’s eServces also linked with business registration portals of Punjab and Sindh at the Provincial level. Consequently, he said, SECP eServices has become a One Stop Shop (OSS) for registration of a company with SECP, FBR, EOBI, Punjab/Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (PESSI/SESSI), Excise & Taxation Department and Labor Department of Punjab and Sindh. Shaukat Hussain, while appreciating initiative of Balochistan government, said that a formal economy where registered businesses pay taxes and create jobs to contribute to the overall economic growth is the need of the hour. Therefore, it is high time that immediate steps are taken to encourage business registrations, he added.

The Chief Minister Balochistan, Secretary Industries and DG Board of Investment, Balochistan appreciated SECP’s initiatives for ease of doing business and assured their cooperation for implementation of OSS in Balochistan.

SECP Commissioner underlined that the SECP’s reforms led to 27 percent increase in companies registration in 2019. He also apprised audience about recent launch of SECP’s startup portal and proposed amendments in the Companies Act, 2017 to promote startups especially in technology sector.