In a major development, Pakistan has formally joined the Madrid System to protect Pakistani trademarks in 124 member countries making it easier and effective for brand owners to get protection in export markets. With the accession to the Madrid Protocol, the trademark holders of Pakistan will be able to protect their trademarks in the member
With the enactment of the Geographical Indications Act 2020 last year, Pakistan is grasping the opportunity and taking significant steps in having its famous products registered under the law. After the registration of the Basmati Rice, the registration of the Himalayan Salt has followed suit. Pakistan is famous for its Himalayan Salt internationally but the
Pakistan yet lacks a law for protection of whistleblowers. A law for protection of whistleblowers was introduced in the National Assembly in 2019 but it has yet to be passed by the Senate of Pakistan. The Public Interest Disclosures Act 2017 is in field but the law pertains to whistle blowing information regarding holders of
The deliberation of stakeholders on the Personal Data Protection Bill 2020 has been completed and the same has been sent to the federal ministry of law and justice for vetting. A federal law officer told this to the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday. Hearing a petition seeking a direction to the government to promulgate
Yousaf Amanat & Associates is please to announce that the Firm has now for 04 consecutive years been named as a Tier 01 Law Firm for Employment Law in Pakistan and Mr. Yousaf Amanat has been once again named as the only leading individual lawyer for Employment Law in Pakistan. With Covid-19 we have seen
The Firm closed 2020 by rendering advise to Generali Global Assistance on Data Protection Law in Pakistan. Yousaf Amanat & Associates was instructed in the matter by a leading Law Firm based in UK. The advise dealt with the provision of Identity Monitoring Services. Pakistan does not currently have a Data Protection Law in place.
In July this year Pakistan came very close to the implementation of its Data Protection Law. Since 2015 to date, the draft law debated upon by both the Houses was the fourth such draft and perhaps the most comprehensive one so far. It seemed that with the FATF appraisals due in October Pakistan would in
Following the approval of Cabinet Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases (CCLC), the federal cabinet has ratified newly drafted rules to counter the flow of illegal, blasphemous, obscene or defamatory content on social media. According to sources, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications, after consulting concerned stakeholders, had drafted Removal and Blocking of Unlawful
Since 1992, taking money into Pakistan has been easy and there have been no questions asked on the source. But taking money out of the Pakistan through legal channels has remained an arduous task. Meanwhile, the informal channels remain unabated. The good news is that SBP is opening up channels for money to be taken
Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to pick one of the international law firms short-listed for fighting Pakistan’s case in the European Union to protect the country’s long-grain aromatic Basmati rice after India applied for ‘an exclusive’ GI (Geographical Indications) tag for the brand name. Both Pakistan and India had earlier in the late 1990s