Mian Mohammad Mansha

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Mian Mohammad Mansha is the head of the Mansha family and the chairman of Nishat Group. He is regarded as the richest person in Pakistan. He has textile mills. The chain of Banks namely Muslim commercial Bank(MCB) and a major player in Cements. He is highly influential in the textile sector in Pakistan. In 2004, Mansha's group and his preferred candidate were defeated by a margin of 2 votes in the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association. Subsequently, Mansha resighed from APTMA. He is also the biggest single exporter in Pakistan. The assets of Nishat Group are estimated at around Rs. 27000 corore. (Rs. 270000 million). Nishat groups companies include: Nishat Textiles, DG Cement, and Muslim Commercial Bank. Mian Mohammad Mansha is on the board of 45 companies in Pakistan and is one of the most powerful and influential people in the country. Nishat Textiles is also the largest exporting entity in Pakistan. Nishat group is currently in the process of setting up a paper mill in a Joint Venture with a Kuwaiti company.

He remained in exile from Pakistan for many years due to court orders for his arrest for corruption, bank default and fraud. He was allowed to return by President Musharraf after settling his bank liabilities.

NISHAT GROUP

Nishat Group is one of the leading and most diversified business groups in South East Asia. With assets over PRs.300 billion, it ranks amongst the top five business houses of Pakistan. The group has strong presence in three most important business sectors of the region namely Textiles, Cement and Financial Services. In addition, the Group has also interest in Insurance, Power Generation, Paper products and Aviation. It also has the distinction of being one of the largest players in each sector. The Group is considered at par with multinationals operating locally in terms of its quality of products & services and management skills.

Mian Mohammad Mansha, the chairman of Nishat Group continues the spirit of entrepreneurship and has led the Group successfully to make it the premier business group of the region. The group has become a multidimensional corporation and has played an important role in the industrial development of the country. In recognition of his unparallel contribution, the Government of Pakistan has also conferred him with “Sitara-e-Imtiaz”, one of the most prestigious civil awards of the country.

D.G. Khan Cement Company

D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited (DGKCC), a unit of Nishat group, is the largest cement-manufacturing unit in Pakistan with a production capacity of 5,500 tons clinker per day. It has a countrywide distribution network and its products are preferred on projects of national repute both locally and internationally due to the unparallel and consistent quality. It is list on all the Stock Exchanges of Pakistan.

DGKCC was established under the management control of State Cement Corporation of Pakistan Limited (SCCP) in 1978. DGKCC started its commercial production in April 1986 with 2000 tons per day (TPD) clinker based on dry process technology. Plant & Machinery was supplied by UBE Industries of Japan.

Acquisition of DGKCC by Nishat Group

Nishat Group acquired DGKCC in 1992 under the privatization initiative of the government. Starting from the privatization, the focus of the management has been on increasing capacity as well as utilization level of the plant. The company undertook the optimization by raising the capacity immediately after the privatization by 200tpd to 2200tpd in 1993.

Capacity Addition

To meet the increasing demand and to capitalize on its geographic location, the management further expanded the capacity by adding another production line with a capacity of 3,300 tons per day in year 1998. Design of the new plant is based on latest dry process technology, energy efficient and environmental protection from particulate pollution according to the international standards. The plant and machinery was supplied by M/s F.L. Smidth of Denmark. As a result, DGKCC emerged as the largest cement production plant in Pakistan with annual production capacity of 1,650,000 M tons of clinker (1,732,000 M.Tons Cement) constituting about 10% share of the total cement production capacity of the country. The optimization plan is still underway to increase the total capacity of the two units to 6700 TPD by mid of 2005 from 5500 TPD at present.

Expansion -Khairpur Project

Furthermore, the Group is also setting up a new cement production line of 6,700 TPD clinker near Kalar Kahar, Distt. Chakwal, the single largest production line in the country. First of its kind in cement industry of Pakistan, the new plant will have two strings of pre-heater towers, the advantage of twin strings lies in the operational flexibility whereby production may be adjusted according to market conditions. The project will be equipped with two vertical cement grinding mills. The cement grinding mills are first vertical Mills in Pakistan. The new plant would not only increase the capacity but would also provide proximity to the untapped market of Northern Punjab and NWFP besides making it more convenient to export to Afghanistan from northern borders.

Power Generation

For continuous and smooth operations of the plant uninterrupted power supply is very crucial. The company has its own power generation plant along with WAPDA supply. The installed generation capacity is 23.84 MW.

Environmental Management

DG Khan Cement Co. Ltd., production processes are environment friendly and comply with the World Bank’s environmental standards. It has been certified for “Environment Management System” ISO 14001 by Quality Assurance Services, Australia. The company was also certified for ISO-9002 (Quality Management System) in 1998. By achieving this landmark, DG Khan Cement became the first and only cement factory in Pakistan certified for both ISO 9002 & ISO 14001.