ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: President General Pervez Musharraf has promulgated an ordinance for the establishment of Pakistan Intellectual Property Rights. The ordinance, to be called PIPRO 2005, is extended to the whole of Pakistan and deemed to have taken effect on August 7, 2005.

The organization will provide protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Pakistan and for all matters connected with it.

An official announcement issued on Thursday said that in the first board meeting of the newly-created Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO) a number of decisions were taken. The meeting identified capacity-building needs of the new organization and its field offices.

Opinion

Editorial

Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....
Soft on traders
08 Jun, 2026

Soft on traders

THE Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for traders with an annual turnover of up to Rs200m has been designed as a ‘pragmatic...
Ceasefire in name
Updated 08 Jun, 2026

Ceasefire in name

Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.
Damaged childhoods
08 Jun, 2026

Damaged childhoods

CHILD abuse is so prevalent that the UN ranked Pakistan as the least safe country for children. Even so, more than...