Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

The Sindh Small Industries Corporation has established 19 Industrial Estates and 03 Industrial parks in all over Sindh.

Sindh Small Industries Corporation came into being under the Act XXVI 1972 working under the auspices of Government of Sindh with the objective to promote Small and Cottage Industries including handicrafts in the Province.

Required Document for Allotment of plots.Application of Party 02 Passport Size Photos Undertaking given by Allottee. Copy of CNIC. Bank Certificate Payorder of cost of plot Official Receipt (O.R)

For issuance of allotment order the procedure approximately completed is 15 to 20 days.

Yes, yearly License Fee will be charge after the allotment of plot(s) from the alloottee.

A slight difference of area is earmarked. Industrial parks are established on about 05 acre land only and the industrial estate established on more than that.

The allottee may apply to the Corporation for issuance of NOC for availing of any facility to be provided by various agencies on payment of fee

In SSIC, there are mostly 02 category of plot(s) i.e. 500 Sq.Yds and 1000 Sq.Yds most of the Estates.

The trend of Small Scale Industries mostly is according to availability of raw material in the respective Regions/Districts.

Energy Department

Coal is found in Thaprakar,Jamshoro,Thatta and Badin Districts of Sindh Province.

There is approximately 185 billion tons of coal in total in Sindh Province.

To grant and regulate coal mining concessions, monitoring of concessions through field offices, to defend the litigation in Courts and to defend the government interest, to hold coal mining committees and conduct auctions for royalty and cess tax through Coal Mines Committee and decide the offered bids as per potential of the areas.

Large scale mining can be any mega project either undertaken by the local or foreign investors, made in respect of an area, of land not exceeding 250 square kilometers involving huge investment. In addition to that for large scale mining the competitive bids are invited by Sindh Coal Authority, Energy Department, bidding is announced in national and international newspapers for inviting the most serious investors after signing MoU with Sindh Coal Authority, thereafter the matter is dealt by Directorate of Coal Mines Development, Energy Department. As such, large scale mining title holder has to deposit US$500,000.Whereas, small scale mining is confined to any mining project in which investment is for an amount less than PKR.300 million in Pakistani currency.

Licensing Authority grants or renews a coal title or a coal permit; refuse to grant or renew a coal title or a coal permit; cancel a coal title or coal permit; amend terms or conditions of any coal title or coal permit.

Royalty is seven and half percent on the value at the pit’s mouth subject to a minimum of PKR 375 per ton (1000 kg).

Thar Coal fields are located in Thar desert area occupying East and Southeastern portion of Sindh Province of Pakistan. Being a desert, the area is extremely dry arid region with very low rainfall and limited water resources. Thar desert possesses 175 billion ton, one of the biggest Lignite deposits spread in an area of 9100 sq. km in the Tharparkar district.

There are 12 (twelve)- blocks designed in the Thar Coalfield.

The tangible indications that coal was present beneath the sands of the Thar Desert came with the drilling of five water wells by the British Overseas Development Agency (ODA) in collaboration with the defunct Sindh Arid Zone Development Authority (SAZDA). Water drill hole ODA2 was drilled in 1988 near the village of Khario Ghulam Shah about 15 km east of Islamkot. The descriptions of cuttings from this well noted “Carbonaceous Shale” between depths of 126-129m. On the basis of the presence of coal in ODA2 water well the Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) and United States Geological Survey (USGS) examined and described drill cuttings from other nearby SAZDA wells in March 1989. The hole No.TH-5 was geophysical logged along with other holes and it was estimated the total coal present in well was 19 m. Further confirmation of the coal presence in Thar Desert exploration program was carried out by drilling 4 bore holes.In October 1992, the Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP), and United States Geological Survey (USGS) began a 21 bore holes exploration program to define the magnitude and geographic limits of the Thar Coal field. In 1993, an additional 10 bore holes were drilled by the John .T. Boyd Company under the auspices of USAID, additional 03 drill holes were also drilled by GSP under the auspices of USAID. The studies proved that Thar coalfield is spread over an area of 9100 square kilometers with dimensions of 140 km (north-south) 65 km (east-west) having 175 billion tones of Lignite categorized “A” to “B”. The GSP carried out the drilling program for development of the blocks for further proven coal reserves from 1994-2000 and Blocks I, II, III and IV were developed. In 2005-2006, Sindh Coal Authority developed Block V and VI through Northeast Coalfield Geological Survey Bureau, China. In 2008-09, Sindh Coal Authority developed Block VII, VIII and extended the block III up to 56 Sq.km (i-e Block III-B) through M/s Deep Rock Drilling Pvt. Limited.

Sindh Building Control Authority

Single Window Facility only processes and approves the cases of residential proposed building plans other than plots defined in clause 25-9 (Old City Areas) of KB&TPR, 2002 amended upto date and Katchi Abadis.\n The cases of revised/amended plan shall only be processed and approved by single window facility where previous approval has been granted by SWF.

Step 1=> Obtain -forwarding from the relevant Land-Owning Agency confirming the Title, Land Use and Dimensions of plot. The relevant plot shall be verified from the approved layout plan of scheme/ society by MPD/ LDA/ MDA/ officer of Single Window Facility. Step 2=> Engage Licensed Professional to prepare engineering design and drawing specifications and to supervise their respective works at site. Step 3=> Owner representative shall Submit Hardcopy of proposal at SBCA smart counter. Step 4=> Acknowledgement Receipt Shall be issued after payment of scrutiny fees and in case of Additional Floor/ Basement, fee shall be paid separately.

Owner / representative shall Submit Hardcopy of proposal at SBCA smart counter consisting following documents. • Six (06) Sets of Plans Showing elevation, section and site plan. • Proof of present Ownership in his name or registered Attorney/ Sub-Attorney/ Special Attorney. • Allotment Order • Possession Order • Acknowledgment Of Possession • Lease/ Sub-lease • Extract • Transfer Order/ Mutation Order • Sub-division/ Amalgamation • Change ofLand use as the case may • Owner Photographs • Valid CNIC/ NICOP of applicant • Latest Photographs of Site (All Documents should be Duly signed & stamped by Licensed Professional)

Every person intends to carry out building / land development works or to demolish buildings or to carry out addition / alteration or repairs ni a building shall engage respective professional to prepare architectural / town planning / engineering design and drawings including specifications and to supervise their respective works at site. List of Professionals Licensed by SBCA is available at Website (https://sbca.gos.pk/Statistics/Architect)

Construction permit proposals c a n be track via SBCA website. (https://sbca.gos.pk/home/filetracking) by typing in construction permit Proposal no. SMS is also sent to owner / licensed professional at every stage of construction permit process.

Construction permit has secure QR code embedded as security image. When QR code is scanned through mobile it simply redirects user to data behind it showing geniuses and status of the respective proposal.

Industries & Commerce Department

1. Application For Registration Under Partnership Registration Act 1932 2. Prescribed Application On Form A 3. Photocopies Of Cnic S Of All The Partners Two Wintnesses 4. Photocopies Of Partnership Deed 5. Paid Challan 6. Detail May Be Filled And Uploaded On Website Business.Sindh.Gov.Pk

After Making A Login Id On Business.Sindh.Gov.Pk And Data Filling And Uploading The Required Document The Challan Will Generate And Will Be Paid In National Bank Of Pakistan Nbp

After Fulfilling Of All Required Documents The Certificate Will Be Issued Within Seven 07 Days

The Certificate Can Be Verified After Scanning Qr Code On Given Certificate And Can Also Be Verified With Written Application To The Registrar Of Firms

No There Is No Renewal Of Partnership Firm Under The Law Hence Question Of Renewal Does Not Arise

After The Issuance Of Registration Certificate The Ntn Of Same Is Generated By Fbr

Sindh Revenue Board

Please visit SRB's [email protected] . click on New e-registration having NIN, enter your NIN No. then enter the image character and click OK to open the form. Fill the form and provide requisite documents through email at [email protected].

No. Please first obtain N'IN from FBR, then approach SRB.

Mentioned below documents are required for individuals:\n1. NIC (Proprictor/Representative)\n 2. Bank Account maintenance certificate (with the business name) not older than 12 days \n3. Business letter head (explain business nature in detail)\n 4. Rent agreement / Ownership documents. \n5. Utility Bill (electric/gas)

Mentioned below documents are required for AOP Firms; 1. NICs (of all partners/representative) 2. Bank Account maintenance certificate (with business name) not older than 15 days. 3. Utility Bill (electric/gas) 4. Business letter head 5. Rent agreement / Ownership documents

Mentioned below documents are required for Companies: 1. NICs (of all directors, shareholders/representative) 2. SECP incorporation certificate 3. True certified copy of Memorandum of Association 4. Bank Account maintenance certificate (with business name) not older than 15 days. 5. Utility Bill (electric / gas) 6. Business letter head explain business nature in detail 7. Rent agreement / Ownership documents

Scan the relevant documents in PDF and send it to [email protected] by specifying your application reference # / NTN.

Please send the documents as mention in objection through email at [email protected] or call SRI's helpline at 021-111-778-000 / (021-99217800) Ext: 170 to 174 for further assistance

Check vour email address given in SST-Ol Form to activate your account. For activation. please click on link provided in the email, and set your Password and Fin code.

The registration applications are processed within seven (7) working days

The registration applications are processed within seven (7) working days

No, you do not need to visit the office, the whole process is online. and you can respond to queries via emans and calls.

Yes. Custom L.icense is required for aforesaid registrations issued from Custom Authorities. The license should be valid at the time of registration.

No. there is no fee for registration.

Yes, you can apply but the contact details (shone no. and email address) of the owner/partner/director must be entered in the registration form

Login into your profile, click on REGISTRATION menu and click on CERTIFICATE 10 download.

PTA (Pakistan telecommunication authority) license is required.

No, you must submit the online registration form (SS'T-01) through the website and provide scanned copies of the supporting documents via email.

Make sure to copy and paste the activation code and pass code from the reccived email rather than typing. If the issuc still persists, please call our help line at 021-111-778-000 / 021-99217800-9 or email us at [email protected].

Please call us at 021-111-778-000, (021-99217800) Ext 170 to 174. Or email us [email protected].

SRB offices and Call Center Support services are available from 9AM to SPM (Monday to Friday)

Sindh Environmental Protection Agency

Environment means: (a) air, water, land and natural resources; (b) all layers of the atmosphere; (c) all organic and inorganic matters and living organisms; (d) ecosystems and ecological relationships; (e) buildings. structures. roads, facilities and works: (f) all social and economic conditions affecting community life. (g) The inter-relationship of any of the above mentioned factors

Environmental aspect means an organization's activities or services that can interact with the environment.

Environment audit means a systemic scrutiny of environmental performance of an organization. factory, company or manufacturing and production unit regarding to its operations.

Initial Environmental Examination means a preliminary environmental review of the reasonably foreseeable qualitative and quantitative impacts on the environment of a proposed project to determine whether it is likely to cause an adverse environmental effect for requiring preparation of an environmental impact assessment.

Environmental Impact Assessment means an environmental study comprising collection of data. prediction of qualitative and quantitative impacts, comparison of alternatives,evaluation of preventive. mitigation and comensatory of environmental management and training plans and monitoring arrangements, and framing of recommendations and such other components as may be prescribed.

Environmental Checklist means rapid environmental assessment or environmental screening through a prescribed checklist in respect of projects having least/minimal impacts on the environment.

Environmental Management Plan means a site specific plan developed to ensure that all necessary measures are identified and implemented in order to protect the environment and comply with the environmental legislation.

An analysis of a proposed policy, legislation, plan or programme to determine whether the principles of sustainable development have been integrated therein and to identify its likely environmental effects and such components as require an initial environmental examination or environmental impact assessment.

A substance or mixture of substances, which, by reason of its chemical activity or toxic, explosive. flammable. corrosive. radioactive or other characteristics, causes, or islikely to cause, directly or in combination with other matters an adverse environmental effect.

The adverse environmental effect is. • Impairment of, or damage to, human health and safety or to biodiversity or property • Pollution • Any other adversity to environment as may be specified in the regulations

Pollution means the contamination of air, land or water by the discharge or emission of effluent or wastes or air pollutants or noise or other matter which either directly or indirectly or in combination with other discharges or substances alters unfavourably the chemical. physical, biological, radiation. thermal or radiological or aesthetic properties of the air. land or water or which may, or is likely to make the air, land or water unclean, noxious or impure or injurious, disagrecable or detrimental to the health, safety, welfare or property of persons or harmful to biodiversity.

Noise means the intensity, duration and character of sounds from all sources, and includes vibration.

Waste means any substance or object which has been, is being or is intended to be, discarded or disposed of. and includes liquid waste. solid waste, waste gases, suspended waste, industrial waste, agricultural waste, nuclear waste, municipal waste, hospital waste. used polyethvlene bags and residues from the incineration of all types of waste.

Hospital waste means waste which is or which contains a hazardous substance or which may be prescribed as hazardous waste.

Municipal waste includes sewage, refuse, garbage. waste from abattoirs, sludge and human excreta and the likes

Agricultural waste means waste from farm and agricultural activities including poultry, cattle arming, animal husbandry residues from the use of fertilizers, pesticides and other farm chemicals.

Waste from any nuclear reactor or nuclear plant or other nuclear energy system, whether or not such waste is radioactive.

license, and is likely to cause. or is causing or has caused an adverse environmental effect. the federal agency or as the ease may be, the provincial agency may, afler giving the person responsible for such discharge, emission, disposal, handling, act or omission an opportunity of being heard. by order direet such person to take such measures that the federal agency or provincial agency may consider necessary within such period as may be specified in the order

Sustainable development means development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Global warming is the long-term warming of the planet's overall temperature.

The greenhouse effect is a process that occurs when gases in Earth's atmosphere trap the Sun's heat. This process makes Earth much warmer than it would be without an atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is one of the things that makes Earth a comfortable place to live.

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, such as through variations in the solar cycle and may be anthropogenic due to burning fossil fuels like coal. oil and gas.

An environmental management system (EMS) is an approach to identifying the ways that the environment is impacted by work activities.

The projects requiring Environmental Screening (through check list) are listed below:

  • Subject to the compliance with concerned zoning laws:
    • Construction of residential and commercial buildings having total covered area from 60,000 sq. feet to 100,000 sq. feet
    • Housing Schemes covering an area from 05 acres to 15 acres.
    • Warehouses for Non-Hazardous substances having a total area from 1000 sq. yards to 5,000 sq. yards
    • Warehouse for fertilizers
    • Marriage Halls/Banquet/Restaurants/Baking facilities having a total area more than 500 sq. yards
    • Motor vehicle workshops/Service Stations having a total area of more than 500 sq. yards.
  • Construction/Reconstruction/Rehabilitation of roads in urban areas from 500 meters to 01 kilometre and in rural areas from 500 meters to 05 kilometres.
  • Construction of Flyovers, underpasses, and bridges of length from 100 meters to 500 meters
  • On-farm dams and fish farms
  • Pulses mills
  • Flour Mills
  • Lining of existing minor canals and/or watercourses.
  • Canal cleaning
  • Forest harvesting operations
  • Rain harvesting projects
  • Health care units of less than 50 beds
  • BTS Tower
  • Lime Kilns
  • Ice factories and cold storage
  • Cotton oil mill
  • Construction of LPG, CNG, LNG filling station and petrol pumps
  • Carpet manufacturing units
  • Rain harvesting projects
  • Industrial Effluent Treatment Plant
  • Sanitary Landfill site up to 500 tons/day

The projccts requiring Initial Environmental Examination (IEE:) are listed below: • Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries ° Poultry. livestock, stud and fish farms with total cost more than Rs. 10 million ° Projects involving repacking, formulation or warchousing of agricultural products • Energy Hydroelectric power generation less than 50 MW Thermal power generation less than 200 KW Oil and gas transmission system Oil and gas extraction projects including exploration production gathering systems separation and storage Waste-to-energy generation project • Manufacturing and Processing Ceramics and glass units with total cost more than Rs. 50 million Food processing industries including sugar mills, beverages, milk, and dairy products. with total cost less than Rs. 100 million Man-made fibers and resin projects with total cost less than Rs. 100 million Manufacturing of apparel, including dyeing and printing. with total cost more than Rs. 25 million Wood products with total cost more than Rs. 25 million • Mining and Mineral Processing Commercial extraction of sand. gravel. limestone, clay, sulphur, and other minerals not included in Schedule I with total cost less & bsp than Rs. 100 million Crushing. grinding and separation processes Thermal power generation over 200 KW Transmission lines (I KV and above) and grid stations Nuclear power plants Petroleum refiners • Manufacturing and Processing Cement plants Chemicals projects Fertilizer plants Food processing industries including sugar mills, beverages, milk, and dairy & bsp  products, with total cost of Rs. 100 million and above Industrial estates (including export processing zones) Man-made fibers and resin projects with total cost of Rs. 100 million and above Pesticides (manufacturing or formulation) Petrochemicals complex Synthetic resins, plastics and man-made paper fibers, paper and paper board, paper pulping, plastic products, textiles (except & bsp  apparel), printing and publishing, paints and dyes. oils and fats and vegetable ghee projects, with total cost more than Rs. 10 & bsp  million Tanning and leather finishing projects • Mining and mineral processing Mining and processing of coal, gold, copper, sulphur and precious stones Mining and processing of major non-ferrous metals, iron and steel rolling Smelting plants with total cost of Rs. 50 million and above • Transport Airports Federal or Provincial highways or major roads (except maintenance, rebuilding or reconstruction of existing roads) with total cost & bsp  of Rs. 50 million and above Ports and harbor development for ships of 500 gross tons and above Railway works • Water management, dams, irrigation and flood protection Dams and reservoirs with storage volume of 50 million cubic meter and above or surface area of 8 square kilomelers and above Irrigation and drainage projects serving 15,000 hectares and above • Water supply and treatment Water supply schemes and treatment plants with total cost of Rs. 2.5 million and above Waste disposal Waste disposal and/or storage of hazardous or toxic wastes (including landfill sites, incineration of hospital toxic waste) Waste disposal facilities for domestic or industrial wastes, with annual capacity more than 0.000 cubic meters • Urban Development and Tourism Land use studies and urban plans (large cities) Large-scale tourism development projects with total cost more than Rs. 50 million • Environmentally Sensitive Areas All projects situated in environmentally sensitive areas • Other Projects Any other project for which filling of an ElA is required by the federal agency under sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 5 Any other project likely to cause an adverse environmental effect

Environmentally sensitive area means a location, large or small, that has significant environmental values that contribute to maintaining biological diversity and integrity, have intrinsic or attributed scientific. historical or cultural heritage value, or are important in providing amenity harmony or sense on community ecosystem sa decleared by Agency

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1. Application for registration under the Partnership Registration Act, 1932 2. Prescribed application on Form ‘A’ 3. Photocopies of CNICs of all the partners & two witnesses 4. Photocopies of partnership deed 5. Paid challan 6. Detail may be filled and uploaded on the website (business.sindh.gov.pk)

After making a login ID on (business.sindh.gov.pk) and data filling and uploading the required document, the challan will generate and can be paid in National Bank of Pakistan (NBP).

After fulfilling all required documents, the certificate will be issued within seven (7) days.

The certificate can be verified by scanning the QR code on the given certificate and can also be verified through a written application to the registrar of firms.

No, there is no renewal of partnership firm under the law. Hence, the question of renewal does not arise.

After the issuance of the registration certificate, the NTN is generated by FBR.