Sindh Governmet allows property registration with SOPs

The Sindh government has allowed registration of properties from Monday with certain restriction to ensure compliance of lockdown to prevent spread of coronavirus. The provincial government has permitted Board of Revenue (BOR) to allow functioning / opening of the offices of sub-registrars in Karachi Division with effect from May 04, 2020 with the condition of strict observance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The Sindh government issued following SOPs for functioning of sub-registrar offices: The offices of sub-registrars shall start functioning from 10:00 am daily on all working days and close at 4:00 pm during Ramazan and on the notified office timings of the government of Sindh in the subsequent months; Each aspirant for registration of document shall contact the concerned sub-registrar through one of the messaging services (SMS/Whatsapp) to get an appointment of a fixed time reserved for execution of his/her documents; Each party shall get a fixed time of 20 minutes, and the party concerned shall be obligated to reach within the office premises at least five minutes earlier, and get their presence acknowledged by the concerned officials/ peshkar; No person shall be allowed to enter the office without demonstrable message of appointment; Only actual executants and identifiers shall be permitted to enter the office who all shall make sure that they present themselves in the office at the fixed time; If any one of the mandatory signatories is missing, the documents shall not be received, and a new time shall be given; The executants shall bring along their hand sanitizers; sanitize their hands before and after execution/registration of the document; wear a recommended face mask; maintain social distancing among themselves and with the staff; No executants/identifier shall be allowed entry in the office premises unless he/she has adopted the above protective measures and The executants and identifiers shall stand in a queue at their designated spot marked by the sub-registrars at three feet distance for each person.