Al Azam

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Al Azam Ltd. was a Pakistani construction company that pioneered low-cost housing for the general public. It was formed during the early 1960s by the former Rehabilitation Minister, Sardar Amir Azam, and his business associate, Muhammad Ali Khan of Rampur.

When the company emerged in the '60s, there was no other construction company competing with it in this market. Commencing its operations with a portable typewriter from a small room in a residential house at Sir Syed Road in 1963, Al Azam expanded, and later shifted to a large office at Bambino Chambers in the heart of the city of Karachi.

The low-cost apartment projects such as the Al Azam Square of the '60s constructed by the company were initially very popular. In 1976, Muhammad Ali Khan, the managing director, took over control of the business, upon the death of Sardar Amir Azam, its founder and chairman.

Its more recent projects in the 1990s included the Al Azam Plaza. With the passage of time, however, the company gradually disappeared from the market. However, the general public still remembers Al Azam as the company that built quality apartments and housing units.