WAFA LAW Associates

23/08/2025

What is property registration?
Why it is necessary?

Property registration is the official recording of ownership of a property (land, house, flat, plot, etc.) with the government authority—usually through the office of the Sub-Registrar of Assurances under the Registration Act, 1908 (in Pakistan, India, and similar jurisdictions).

When a property is registered:
• ✅ The buyer’s ownership rights are legally recognized.
• ✅ The transfer of title (ownership) becomes valid against third parties.
• ✅ It provides a public record of who owns the property.
• ✅ Registered documents (like Sale Deed, Gift Deed, Lease, or Power of Attorney) become legally enforceable in courts.

Process (in general terms)
1. Agreement & Payment – Buyer and seller agree on sale terms.
2. Stamp Duty & Taxes – Buyer pays applicable government duties (stamp duty, registration fee, capital value tax, etc.).
3. Drafting the Sale Deed – The transfer deed is prepared.
4. Ex*****on before Sub-Registrar – Both parties appear before the Sub-Registrar with witnesses.
5. Verification – Sub-Registrar checks seller’s title, encumbrances, and legality.
6. Registration & Record Entry – The document is recorded, and the buyer’s name enters government land/property records.

Why it is important
• Prevents fraud, double-selling, or disputes.
• Provides proof of ownership in courts and banks (for loans/mortgages).
• Protects buyer’s legal rights against future claims.

⚖️ In short: Without registration, a buyer is not considered the lawful owner of immovable property.

13/03/2024

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07/02/2024

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01/09/2022

05/10/2021

SIUT Civil Hospital, Saddar Karachi
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Patient name: Muhammad Afzal s/o Sher Khan

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22/02/2021

LONG POSSESSIONMere longstanding possession would not be good against the rightful owner and the assumption that he was in peaceful possession would not work and could not operate against the true lawful owner---Plaintiffs were owners of suit property and they had sought relief of possession
2019 CLC 1096
[3/16, 8:19 PM] Noor Muhammad: MERE POSSESSION or occupation of disputed property would not constitute a legal right to retain the same for indefinite period---POSSESSION or occupation could not sustain the claim to title to the property in POSSESSION or occupation---POSSESSION itself could not be equated to that of legal right---Defendants had no locus standi with regard to their claims and their POSSESSION on the suit property was illegal
2014 MLD 1016
[3/16, 8:19 PM] Noor Muhammad: Mere continuous and uninterrupted possession for any length of time, would not be sufficient to set up a titleadverse to the interest of true owner2004 SCMR 1836

01/03/2020

WAFA LAW ASSOCIATES 🏡*

*Property documentation
✓Lease
✓Sub lease
✓Sale deed
✓General/ Sub Power of attorney
✓Redemption
✓Revocation of GPA
✓Mortgage
✓Rectification
✓Verification f ✓Documentation
✓Search
& all Documentation

*Contact :*👇

*Advocate Yawar Nawaz Shar 03324451974*
Offx 4 Al Nadeem center block 14 gulistan e johar near Kaybees.

01/03/2020

*****Property Documentation******

Salam, Aam toor pa logon Property ka Documents check karnay ka lia un property agents sa contacts kartay haan jin ko khude property ki Documentation ka baray ma zoyada information nahi hoti. Yaad rakya property ki file ma below documents hottay haan.

* Paid Challans copy/ Receipts Copy.
*Allotment letter.
*Possession Letter
*Acknowledgement Letter.
*Site Plan.
*Lease deed.
* Mutations.
* All Previous Sales Agreement &Sales deed.
* CNIC Copies of all Previous owners and witnesses.
* Annual Ground Rent and penalty paid.
*Agar construction nahi ki 5 Years tak possession ka baad to NUF paid.
* Approved construction Plan.
* Approval of Utilities connections.
*Completion certificate.
* Property Tax paid.

Aap ensure karan ya saray documents haan file ma or file to Verify karan relevant authority sa OR Board of Revenue sa.

Hope this information is useful and will be beneficial at the time of property purchase.

Regards,
Advocate Yawar Nawaz Shar
Wafa law associates
Property Documentations

01/03/2020

Article: 1 The Republic and its territories
The Republic and its territories.—(1) Pakistan shall be a Federal Republic to be known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, hereinafter referred to as Pakistan.
1[(2) The territories of Pakistan shall comprise—]

(a) the Provinces of 2[Balochistan], the 2[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa], the Punjab and 2[Sindh];

(b) the Islamabad Capital Territory, hereinafter referred to as the Federal Capital; 3[and]

3[(c)] Omitted.

3[(c)] such States and territories as are or may be included in Pakistan, whether by accession or otherwise.

1[(3)] Omitted.

1[(3) 3[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] may by law admit into the Federation new States or areas on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.]

01/03/2020

A Brief Background Constitutional History:
By the end of World War II, the British imperial government granted independence to its Indian colony and for that matter the British Parliament enacted the Indian Independence Act, 1947. Under the Act, the British Crown relinquished its sovereign powers over India and transferred those powers to the newly established dominions of India and Pakistan on 14 August 1947. The Government of India Act, 1935, hitherto the constitution of British India, was amended to bring it in consonance with the aims and objectives of independence as laid down in the 1947 Act. The combination of these two constitutional instruments served as an interim constitutional order for both countries until their respective constituent assemblies adopted their own constitutions.