// PEC Licensing
Ownership change on the PEC file
A licence in the correct name, so the new owner does not inherit a file that still names someone else.
- Sale of a firm
- Succession after a death
- Shareholder changes that PEC treats as an ownership change
- Turnaround
- 4–13 wk
- Documents
- 07
- Steps
- 04
// What we do
The work.
- 01Map the PEC rules for your licence type
- 02Prepare the sale or succession papers
- 03Sequence the SECP work first where the firm is a company, then the PEC amendment
- 04Complete the new owner’s biometrics
// Timeline
4–13 weeks
Optimistic · 4 wkRealistic · 13 wk
Often several weeks to a few months, because SECP and the bank usually have to move before PEC will accept the amendment.
Council challans are paid to the authority. Our professional fee comes on WhatsApp.
// Documents · 07
The paperwork.
- CNIC of the ownerYou already haveEvery owner, partner and director — both sides, still valid.
- CNIC of the incoming ownerYou already haveThe person taking ownership or a directorship, both sides.
- Bank mandate / signatory changeFrom the bankUpdated operating instructions after an ownership or partner change.
- NTN certificateFrom FBRFBR certificate whose name matches the bank title and the PEC file.
- Current PEC licenceFrom PECThe letter the firm already holds, including category and codes.
- Biometric verificationFrom PECAt the PEC office PEC currently names for the file. We cannot skip it.
- Sale deed or succession papersOtherThe instrument that actually transfers ownership, before PEC will amend the licence.
// 01
File these first
// PEC Licensing
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Alqaim Engineers is an independent consultancy. We are not the Pakistan Engineering Council, FBR or SECP, and approvals are those bodies’ decisions.