Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) (Urdu: سیکیورٹیز اینڈ ایکسچینج کمیشن آف پاکستان), formerly known as Company Law Administration, Company Law Board, and Corporate Law Authority, is the corporate legislative and financial regulatory agency of Pakistan whose objective is to develop a modern and efficient corporate sector and a capital market based on sound authority principles, in order to encourage investment and foster economic growth and prosperity in Pakistan.

The SECP has nine company registration offices located in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Sukkur, Faisalabad, Quetta and Gilgit-Baltistan.

[4] The regulatory framework in Pakistan expanded in 1981 to include the Corporate Law Authority (CLA) under the Companies Ordinance of 1984.

[5][3] The Act gave the organization the administrative authority and financial autonomy to carry out the reform program for Pakistan's capital market.

The insurance sector, non-banking financial companies, and pension funds have been added to the purview of the SECP.