ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan ne naye qawaid ke teht Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes aur gumrah kun multi-level marketing par pabandi laga di hai, jin ka itlaq websites, mobile apps aur social media par bhi hota hai.
Companies (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Regulations, 2026 tamam companies par, jin mein ghair mulki companies bhi shamil hain, aur aik jaisi khusoosiyat rakhne wali maujooda schemes par bhi lagu hote hain. Companies na in ko farogh de sakti hain, na chala sakti hain aur na hi in ki sahulatkari kar sakti hain.
Ab kya mamnoo hai
In qawaid ke teht aise karobari models par pabandi hai jin ki aamdani zyadatar naye arkan bharti karne se hoti hai, na ke products ki asal farokht se, aur aise models par bhi jo naye sarmayakaron ka paisa pehle wale sarmayakaron ko adaigi ke liye istemal karte hain.
In qawaid ka itlaq haqeeqat se pare ya yaqeeni munafe ke wadon, had se zyada joining fees, lazmi stock ki khareedari, sarmayakaron ke paise ke istemal ko chhupane, aise products jin ki asal talab bohat kam ya bilkul na ho, aamdani ya products ke bare mein gumrah kun dawon, aur nakis refund ya buy-back intezamat par bhi hota hai.
Asal direct selling ki ijazat barqarar hai, bashart yeh ke logon ko adaigi zyadatar end customers ko hone wali asal farokht se ki jaye.
Khilaf warzi karne walon ke saath kya hoga
Companies Act, 2017 ke teht companies, directors aur officers ko saza di ja sakti hai, aur regulator doosri karwai bhi kar sakta hai, jis mein company ko wind up karwana bhi shamil hai.
"Hamara maqsad jaiz karobari sargarmiyon ko farogh dena aur awam ko tahaffuz dena hai, bil khusoos digital platforms ke zariye chalne wali ghair qanooni schemes se," SECP ke chairman Dr Kabir Ahmed Sidhu ne kaha. Regulator ne logon ko mashwara diya hai ke sarmayakari se pehle company ki jaanch karein aur aisi schemes se mohtat rahein jo ghair mamooli taur par zyada munafe ka wada karti hain.
