Enforcing Contracts - Pakistan

This topic looks at the efficiency of contract enforcement by following the evolution of a sale of goods dispute and tracking the time, cost and number of procedures involved from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.

The information appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business subnational project in Pakistan, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small to medium-sized domestic business in cities and regions.

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Economy ▲	The time to resolve a dispute, counted from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit in court until payment. This includes both the days when actions take place and the waiting periods between. More informationTime (days)	The cost in court fees and attorney fees, where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common, expressed as a percentage of the debt value. More informationCost (% of claim)	The average number of procedures to enforce a contract. The list of procedural steps compiled for each economy traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court. More informationProcedures (number)
Faisalabad	730	27.5	47
Gujranwala	940	32.8	47
Hyderabad	1,460	27.5	47
Islamabad	1,395	35.8	47
Karachi	976	23.8	47
Lahore	768	42.8	47
Multan	1,473	23.6	47
Peshawar	2,190	22.3	47
Quetta	1,498	32.4	47
Rawalpindi	1,505	29.2	47
Sheikhupura	1,125	29.4	47
Sialkot	1,270	38.3	47
Sukkur	1,060	20.6	47

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