List of companies of Pakistan
Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia on crossroads of Central Asia and Western Asia. It is the sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 200 million people.[1] It is the 33rd largest country in the world in terms of area with an area covering 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles).
Economists estimate that Pakistan has been part of the wealthiest region of the world throughout the first millennium CE having the largest economy by GDP. This advantage was lost in the 18th century as other regions edged forward such as China and Western Europe.[2] Pakistan is considered as a developing country[3][4][5] and is one of the Next Eleven, the eleven countries that, along with the BRICs, have a high potential to become the world's largest economies in the 21st century.[6] However, after decades of social instability, as of 2013, serious deficiencies in macromanagement and unbalanced macroeconomics in basic services such as train transportation and electrical energy generation had developed.[7] The economy is considered to be semi-industrialized, with centres of growth along the Indus River.[8][9][10] The diversified economies of Karachi and Punjab's urban centres coexist with less developed areas in other parts of the country particularly in Balochistan.[9] According to the Economic complexity index, Pakistan is the 67th largest export economy in the world and the 106th most complex economy.[11] During the fiscal year 2015–16, Pakistan's exports stood at US$20.81 billion and imports at US$44.76 billion, resulting in a negative trade balance of US$23.96 billion.[12]
For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in Pakistan".
Notable firms
This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters located in the country. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark taxonomy. Organizations which have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct.
Active firms
State-owned firms
Defunct firms
Name | Industry | Sector | Headquarters | Founded | Notes |
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92 News | Consumer services | Media | Television | ||
AAJ TV | Consumer services | Media | news television | ||
Adam Motor Company | Consumer goods | Automobiles | defunct automotive | ||
Air Indus | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | airline | ||
Airblue | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | airline | ||
AKD Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
Al-Ghazi Tractors | Consumer goods | Automobiles | tractors | ||
Allied Bank Limited | Financials | Banks | commercial bank | ||
Amir Adnan | Consumer goods | Personal goods | clothing | ||
ARY Digital Network | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
ARY Digital | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
Askari Aviation | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | airline | ||
Askari Bank | Financials | Banks | commercial/retail bank | ||
Atlas Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
Attock Group of Companies | Conglomerates | - | |||
Attock Petroleum | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | oil & gas marketing | ||
Attock Refinery | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | refinery | ||
ATV | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
Avari Hotels | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | hotels | ||
Bahria Town | Conglomerates | - | |||
Bank Al Habib | Financials | Banks | bank | ||
Bank Alfalah | Financials | Banks | private bank | ||
Bank of Credit and Commerce International | Financials | Banks | defunct bank | ||
Bank of Khyber | Financials | Banks | government bank | ||
Bank of Punjab | Financials | Banks | bank | ||
BankIslami Pakistan | Financials | Banks | commercial bank | ||
Bareeze | Consumer services | Retail | fashion retailer | ||
Bol TV | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
Burj Bank | Financials | Banks | commercial bank | ||
Byco Petroleum | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | refinery | ||
Canteen Stores Department (Pakistan) | Consumer services | Retail | |||
Chenab Group | Consumer goods | Personal goods | textiles | ||
ChenOne | Consumer services | Retail | fashion stores | ||
City 42 | Consumer services | Media | news television | ||
Cowasjee Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
Dalda | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | vegetable oil | ||
Dawlance | Consumer goods | Consumer electronics | Electronics and home appliances, part of Arçelik (Turkey) | ||
Dawn Group of Newspapers | Consumer services | Media | newspaper | ||
Dawn News | Consumer services | Media | news television | ||
Dawood Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
Dawood Hercules | Basic materials | Chemicals | fertilizer | ||
DESCON Engineering | Industrials | Industrial engineering | engineering | ||
Dewan Farooque Motors | Consumer goods | Automobiles | automotive | ||
Dewan Mushtaq Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
Dunya News | Consumer services | Media | news television | ||
EFU Life | Financials | Insurance | life insurance | ||
Engro Corporation | Basic materials | Chemicals | fertilizer | ||
Express News | Consumer services | Media | news television | ||
Faisalabad Electric Supply Company | Utilities | Electricity | |||
Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited | Basic materials | Chemicals | fertilizer | ||
Fauji Foundation | Conglomerates | - | |||
Faysal Bank | Financials | Banks | bank | ||
Fecto Group of Industries | Conglomerates | - | |||
Fecto Sugar Mills | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | sugar | ||
First Women Bank | Financials | Banks | bank | ||
Geo Tez | Consumer services | Media | news television | ||
Geo TV | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
Ghandhara Industries | Consumer goods | Automobiles | automotive | ||
Ghandhara Nissan | Consumer goods | Automobiles | automotive | ||
Ghani Group of Companies | Conglomerates | - | |||
GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan | Health care | Pharmaceuticals | pharmaceuticals | ||
GIDS | Industrials | Aerospace & defense | Defense | ||
Gourmet Foods | Consumer services | Retail | bakery chain | ||
Gujranwala Electric Power Company | Utilities | Electricity | |||
Gul Ahmed Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
Habib Metropolitan Bank | Financials | Banks | bank | ||
Hashoo Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
HBL Pakistan | Financials | Banks | bank | ||
Hico Ice Cream | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | ice cream | ||
Hinopak Motors | Consumer goods | Automobiles | automotive | ||
Honda Atlas | Consumer goods | Automobiles | automotive | ||
House of Habib | Conglomerates | - | |||
HSY Studio | Consumer goods | Personal goods | fashion label | ||
Hub Power Company | Utilities | Electricity | |||
Hum Masala | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
Hum Network Limited | Consumer services | Media | |||
Hum TV | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
Hussain Industries | Consumer goods | Personal goods | textiles | ||
Hyderabad Electric Supply Company | Utilities | Electricity | |||
ICI Pakistan | Basic materials | Chemicals | chemicals | ||
Indus Motors Company | Consumer goods | Automobiles | automotive | ||
Indus Oil Refinery Ltd | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | refinery | ||
Indus TV | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
Ittefaq Group | Basic materials | Basic resources | steel | ||
Ittehad Chemicals | Basic materials | Chemicals | chemicals | ||
Jahangir Siddiqui Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
JK Fibre Mills & Spinning Mills | Consumer goods | Personal goods | textiles | ||
JS Bank | Financials | Banks | financial services | ||
JS Group | Financials | Financial services | financial service | ||
K&N's | Frozen Food | Food & beverage | poultry | ||
KASB Bank | Financials | Banks | defunct bank | ||
Kaymu Pakistan | Consumer services | Online Shopping | retail/E-commerce | ||
K-Electric | Utilities | Electricity | |||
Khaadi | Consumer goods | Personal goods | clothing | ||
Khalifa Coastal Refinery | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | proposed refinery | ||
Kot Addu Power Company | Utilities | Electricity | |||
Lahore Electric Supply Company | Utilities | Electricity | |||
Lakson Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
Lucky Cement | Basic materials | Cement producer | cement | ||
Mari Petroleum Company Limited | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | petroleum exploration | ||
Masood Textile Mills | Consumer goods | Personal goods | textiles | ||
Master Motors | Consumer goods | Automobiles | automotive | ||
MCB Bank Limited | Financials | Banks | bank | ||
Meezan Bank | Financials | Banks | commercial bank | ||
Millat Tractors | Consumer goods | Automobiles | tractors, agricultural equipment | ||
Mitchell's Fruit Farms Limited | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | fruit | ||
Mobilink-Warid (Jazz-Warid) | Telecommunications | Mobile telecommunications | mobile networks | ||
Muller & Phipps Pakistan | Conglomerates | - | |||
Multan Electric Power Company | Utilities | Electricity | |||
Murree Brewery | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | brewery | ||
Nagina Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
National Bank of Pakistan | Financials | Banks | state-owned commercial bank | ||
National Engineering Services Pakistan | Industrials | Industrial engineering | state-owned engineering | ||
National Foods | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | spice | ||
National Logistics Cell | Industrials | Industrial transportation | freight | ||
National Refinery | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | refinery | ||
NayaTel | Telecommunications | Fixed line telecommunications | telecommunications | ||
News One | Consumer services | Media | news television | ||
Oil and Gas Development Company | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | petroleum exploration | ||
OMORÉ | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | ice cream | ||
Pak Suzuki | Consumer goods | Automobiles | automotive | ||
Pak-Arab Refinery Limited | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | refinery | ||
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex | Industrials | Aerospace & defense | State-owned company | ||
Pakistan International Airlines | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | state-owned national airline | ||
Pakistan Locomotive Factory | Industrials | Locomotive manufacturing | state-owned manufacturing | ||
Pakistan National Shipping Corporation | Industrials | Industrial transportation | state-owned cargo/shipping | ||
Pakistan Oilfields | Oil & gas | Oil and gas exploration | state-owned petroleum exploration | ||
Pakistan Petroleum | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | state-owned petroleum exploration | ||
Pakistan Refinery Limited | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | refinery | ||
Pakistan State Oil | Consumer services | Retail | state-owned retail fuel | ||
Pakistan Steel Mills | Basic materials | Basic resources | steel | ||
Pakistan Telecommunication Company | Telecommunications | Fixed line telecommunications | telecommunications | ||
Pakistan Tobacco Company | Consumer goods | Tobacco | tobacco | ||
Pearl Air | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | defunct airline | ||
Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | hotels | ||
PEL (Pakistan) | Consumer goods | Consumer electronics | Electronics and Home appliances | ||
Peshawar Electric Power Company | Utilities | Electricity | |||
PICIC Insurance | Financials | Insurance | Financial insurance | ||
PTV Home | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
PTV World | Consumer services | Media | news television | ||
Quetta Electric Supply Company | Utilities | Electricity | |||
Ramzan Sugar Mills | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | sugar | ||
Saif Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
Saigol Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
SAMAA TV | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
Servis Industries Limited or Servis Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
Servis Shoes | Consumer services | Retail | shoe retailer | ||
Servis Tyres | Consumer goods | Automobiles | tyres | ||
Shaheen Air International | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | airline | ||
Shakarganj Mills | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | sugar | ||
Shan Food Industries | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | spice | ||
Sharif Group | Conglomerates | - | |||
Shell Pakistan | Consumer services | Retail | Retail fuel, part of Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands) | ||
Shezan International | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | beverage | ||
Siemens Pakistan | Industrials | Industrial engineering | engineering | ||
Sigma Motors | Consumer goods | Automobiles | automotive | ||
Sindh Bank | Financials | Banks | bank | ||
Soneri Bank | Financials | Banks | commercial bank | ||
Southern Networks | Telecommunications | Mobile telecommunications | wireless networks | ||
Star Air Aviation | Industrials | Industrial transportation | cargo airline | ||
State Bank of Pakistan | Financials | Banks | central bank | ||
State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan | Financials | Insurance | state-owned life insurance | ||
Style 360 | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
Such TV | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines | Oil & gas | Pipelines | pipelines | ||
Sui Southern Gas Company | Oil & gas | Pipelines | pipelines | ||
Summit Bank | Financials | Banks | bank | ||
TMC Automobiles | Consumer goods | Automobiles | defunct automotive | ||
TCS Courier | Industrials | Industrial transportation | courier | ||
Telenor Pakistan | Telecommunications | Mobile telecommunications | mobile networks | ||
Transworld | Telecommunications | Fixed line telecommunications | telecommunications | ||
Tribal Electric Supply Company | Utilities | Electricity | |||
Tuwairqi Steel Mills | Basic materials | Basic resources | steel | ||
TVOne Global | Consumer services | Media | television | ||
Ufone | Telecommunications | Mobile telecommunications | mobile networks | ||
Unilever Pakistan Limited | Consumer goods | Personal goods | personal products | ||
United Bank Limited | Financials | Banks | bank | ||
United Industries Limited | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | food | ||
Volvo Pakistan | Consumer goods | Automobiles | automotive | ||
Water and Power Development Authority | Utilities | Multiutilities | Power and Hydrology | ||
Wateen | Telecommunications | Fixed line telecommunications | telecommunications | ||
Worldcall | Telecommunications | Fixed line telecommunications | telecommunications | ||
Zong Pakistan | Telecommunications | Mobile telecommunications | mobile networks | ||
- Surface mining in Sindh.
- Al Falah Square.
See also
References
- ↑ "Pakistan" The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency.
- ↑ Maddison, Angus (2006). The World Economy. A Millennial Perspective (Vol. 1). Historical Statistics (Vol. 2). OECD. pp. 241, 261. ISBN 92-64-02261-9.
- ↑ Faryal Leghari (3 January 2007). "GCC investments in Pakistan and future trends". Gulf Research Center. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
- ↑ "Quid Pro Quo 45 – Tales of Success" (PDF). Muslim Commercial Bank of Pakistan. 2007. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
- ↑ Malcolm Borthwick (1 June 2006). "Pakistan steels itself for sell-offs". BBC News. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
- ↑ Tavia Grant (8 December 2011). "On 10th birthday, BRICs poised for more growth". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ↑ Declan Walsh (18 May 2013). "Pakistan, Rusting in Its Tracks". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
natural disasters and entrenched insurgencies, abject poverty and feudal kleptocrats, and an economy near meltdown
- ↑ Henneberry, S. (2000). "An analysis of industrial–agricultural interactions: A case study in Pakistan". Agricultural Economics. 22: 17–27. doi:10.1016/S0169-5150(99)00041-9.
- 1 2 "World Bank Document" (PDF). 2008. p. 14. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ↑ "Pakistan Country Report" (PDF). RAD-AID. 2010. pp. 3, 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
- ↑ "Pakistan". atlas.media.mit.edu. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ↑ Hamza, Abrar (July 16, 2016). "Pakistan's trade deficit widens to 35-year high in FY16". Daily Times (Pakistan). Retrieved 14 February 2017.