What is the overview of Pakistani design patents?

in 1911, Pakistan had a patent law and an industrial design law, and since then, new laws and regulations have been promulgated, such as the 1997 regulations on patents and designs. The current effective patent system in Pakistan is mainly regulated by the Patent Law (2).

Pakistan joined the Paris Convention and the World Intellectual Property Treaty in p>24. At present, Pakistan is not a member of PCT, and foreign enterprises and individuals can apply for patents in Pakistan through the Paris Convention. Pakistan Patent Office conducts substantive examination of invention patents and formal examination of appearance patents.