diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# pipenv
+Pipfile.lock
+
+# poetry
+poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+.pdm.toml
+.pdm-python
+.pdm-build/
+
+# PEP 582
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
+
+# IDEs
+.idea/
+.vscode/
diff --git a/pakdocling/__init__.py b/pakdocling/__init__.py
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+++ b/pakdocling/__init__.py
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+__version__ = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/pakdocling/cli.py b/pakdocling/cli.py
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+++ b/pakdocling/cli.py
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+import typer
+
+app = typer.Typer()
+
+@app.command()
+def hello() -> None:
+    typer.echo("pakdocling is installed")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app()
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "pakdocling"
+version = "0.0.1"
+description = "Structured extraction from Pakistani documents"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Epochry Lab"},
+]
+keywords = ["pakistan", "documents", "ocr", "extraction", "cnic"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "pydantic>=2.0",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=8.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=5.0",
+    "ruff>=0.5",
+    "mypy>=1.10",
+    "pydantic>=2.0",
+    "typer>=0.12",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+pakdocling = "pakdocling.cli:app"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/Epochry-Lab/pakdocling"
+Issues = "https://github.com/Epochry-Lab/pakdocling/issues"
+
+[tool.ruff]
+target-version = "py310"
+line-length = 100
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+select = ["E", "F", "I", "W"]
+
+[tool.mypy]
+python_version = "3.10"
+warn_return_any = true
+warn_unused_configs = true
+disallow_untyped_defs = true
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+python_files = ["test_*.py"]
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