Dawood Family Takaful Limited ("DFT") was incorporated in Pakistan as an unquoted public limited company on 4 May 2007 under the Companies Ordinance, 1984 bearing registration number K - 0060797. The Company received the certificate of registration on 16 May 2008 having registration number 5 under the provision of Section 6 of the Insurance Ordinance, 2000.

The company is regulated by Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (Insurance Division).

The registered office of the Company is situated in Karachi. The principal business activity of the Company is to undertake family takaful business in accordance with the Insurance Ordinance 2000, Securities and Exchange Commission (Insurance) Rules, 2002 and Takaful Rules, 2005.