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Dolmen City
Dolmen City () is a mixed-use complex, situated on the waterfront of Clifton, Karachi, Clifton, in Karachi, Pakistan. It is made up of four towers: Tower A, Tower B, Harbour Front, and Executive Tower. At the base of the complex is the Dolmen Mall, a three-level shopping mall built in 2011 with an area of , and 130 stores - including several international brands. The total area of the entire Dolmen City complex is . History Dolmen City's site was originally the site of a casino, which was closed in 1978 during the dictatorship of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, General Zia-ul-Haq before it was formally opened. The site was purchased for 100 million Pakistani rupee, rupees, but was valued at 50 billion rupees by 2019. The complex was owned by the International Complex Project - a venture which was 20%-owned by the Arif Habib Group, and 80% by the Dolmen Group. Since June 2015, the companies have listed some of their shares as part of the Dolmen City Real estate investment trust, REIT on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Buildings In Pakistan
This is a list of the tallest buildings in Pakistan, ranked by structural height. The current tallest building in Pakistan is the Bahria Icon Tower in Karachi. Upon its completion, it changed the skyline of Karachi with its 62 floors and a height to its spire tip of . Most of Pakistan's tallest buildings can be found in its most populous city of Karachi, including; * Habib Bank Plaza, built in 1963 in Karachi, was the first high-rise and the tallest building in Pakistan. It stands tall with 25 floors. It was also the tallest building in Asia from 1963 to 1968, and the tallest building in South Asia from 1963 to 1970. * In 2005, MCB Tower, also in Karachi, surpassed Habib Bank Plaza at and 29 floors. * In 2012, Ocean Towers eclipsed these at and 30 floors. * Bahria Icon Tower surpassed them all in 2016. Completed buildings (100m+) This list ranks completed and topped out buildings that stand at least or 20 floors, based on standard height measurement. This height inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karachi, Pakistan
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former capital of Pakistan and capital of the province of Sindh. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion ( PPP) . Karachi paid $9billion (25% of whole country) as tax during fiscal year July 2021 to May 2022 according to FBR report. Karachi is Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse, as well as one of Pakistan's most secular and socially liberal cities. Karachi serves as a transport hub, and contains Pakistan’s two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Qasim, as well as Pakistan's busiest airport, Jinnah International Airport. Karachi is also a media center, home to news channels, film and fashio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsubishi Corporation
is Japan's largest trading company (sogo shosha) and a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu. As of 2022, Mitsubishi Corporation employs over 80,000 people and has ten business segments, including finance, banking, energy, machinery, chemicals, and food. History The company traces its roots to the Mitsubishi conglomerate founded by Yataro Iwasaki. Iwasaki was originally employed by the Tosa clan of modern-day Kōchi Prefecture, who posted him to Nagasaki in the 1860s. During this time, Iwasaki became close to Sakamoto Ryōma, a major figure in the Meiji Restoration that ended the Tokugawa shogunate and restored the primacy of the emperor of Japan in 1867. Iwasaki was placed in charge of the Tosa clan's trading operation, Tsukumo Shokai, based in Osaka. This company changed its name in the following years to Mitsukawa Shokai and then to Mitsubishi Shokai. Around 1871, the company was renamed Mitsubishi Steamship Company and began a mail service between Yokohama and Shanghai with g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Office Buildings In Karachi
An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the term "office" may refer to business-related tasks. In law, a company or organization has offices in any place where it has an official presence, even if that presence consists of (for example) a storage silo rather than an establishment with desk-and-chair. An office is also an architectural and design phenomenon: ranging from a small office such as a bench in the corner of a small business of extremely small size (see small office/home office), through entire floors of buildings, up to and including massive buildings dedicated entirely to one c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyscrapers In Karachi
This is a list of tallest buildings in Karachi. Karachi has around 36 buildings rising at least 100 metres (330 ft) in height. Completed Under construction / Proposed & Vision Images See also * List of tallest buildings in Pakistan * List of tallest buildings in the world * List of tallest buildings and structures in South Asia This list of tallest buildings in the Indian subcontinent (South Asia) ranks skyscrapers and structures in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, based upon height. Tallest buildings This list ranks buildings in the ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Tallest Buildings In Karachi 01 Tallest buildings Tallest, Karachi Architecture in Karachi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towers In Karachi
A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures. Towers are specifically distinguished from buildings in that they are built not to be habitable but to serve other functions using the height of the tower. For example, the height of a clock tower improves the visibility of the clock, and the height of a tower in a fortified building such as a castle increases the visibility of the surroundings for defensive purposes. Towers may also be built for observation, leisure, or telecommunication purposes. A tower can stand alone or be supported by adjacent buildings, or it may be a feature on top of a larger structure or building. Etymology Old English ''torr'' is from Latin ''turris'' via Old French ''tor''. The Latin term together with Greek τύρσις was loaned from a pre-Indo-European Mediterranean language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Buildings In Karachi
This is a list of tallest buildings in Karachi. Karachi has around 36 buildings rising at least 100 metres (330 ft) in height. Completed Under construction / Proposed & Vision Images See also * List of tallest buildings in Pakistan * List of tallest buildings in the world * List of tallest buildings and structures in South Asia This list of tallest buildings in the Indian subcontinent (South Asia) ranks skyscrapers and structures in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, based upon height. Tallest buildings This list ranks buildings in the ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Tallest Buildings In Karachi 01 Tallest buildings Tallest, Karachi Architecture in Karachi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagh Ibne Qasim
Bagh Ibne Qasim (Urdu: ; in reference to Muhammad bin Qasim) is a beachside park in Karachi, Pakistan. Location The park is located near the Clifton Beach, Karachi and is Karachi's largest urban park, covering . The northern edge begins at Jehangir Kothari Parade, and ends near the coast of the Arabian Sea. The encompasses the Jehangir Kothari Parade, built in 1919, as well as the Katrak Bandstand. The Lady Lloyd Pier, built in 1921, stretched from what is today Shahrah-e-Firdousi to the waterline of the shore through what is today the park. Two historic fountains are situated within the park, the Pirojbai Hormusji Khajurina Fountain from 1936, and the Motumal Shewaram Setpal Fountain, also from 1936. History The park encompasses what was previously known as the Rupchand Bilaram Park, which was almost in size. In 1964, the park's size was reduced to 132 acres after the Karachi Municipal Corporation leased out land for development. In 1966, the Karachi Development Authori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahria Icon Tower
Bahria Icon Tower is a recently on-hold skyscraper complex in the seaside municipality of Clifton in Karachi, Pakistan. The complex includes a 62-storey tower, which at , is the tallest building in Pakistan and among the tallest buildings in South Asia. The complex also includes an adjacent 42-storey building and is owned by the Bahria Town Group. Bahria Town Icon Bahria Town Icon is a 62-storey in the skyscraper complex, Bahria Icon Tower. Bahria Hotel Tower Bahria Hotel Tower is 42-storey skyscraper in the skyscraper complex, Bahria Icon Tower. Mall of Karachi Mall of Karachi is a mall located in Bahria Hotel Tower and Bahria Town Icon, it is spread across eight floors. Location The complex is based on a four acre plot in the up-scale Clifton area, and is immediately adjacent to the Bagh Ibne Qasim park, and shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi - an 8th-century mystic who is widely regarded as the patron saint of Karachi. History Construction began in 2009. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaadi
Khaadi (Urdu: کھادی, romanized: Khādī; pronounced ʰaːd̪iː is a Pakistani fashion and lifestyle brand, founded in December 1998.It is headquartered in Karachi. As of 2015, it operates 46 stores in 17 cities across Pakistan, and 17 stores across the United Kingdom, and the GCC. History Khaadi was founded in 1998 by Shamoon Sultan. The first store was opened in Karachi's Zamzama in 1999. Khaadi was originally a handwoven clothing brand. ''Khaadi'' expanded to multi-stores, within two years of its inception, and introduced multiple product lines. By 2002, it was making women's ready-to-wear items and soon expanded into women's luxury wear with Khaadi Khaas in 2008. In 2012, Khaadi changed to a fast fashion retail brand, when it decided to evolve with the customer and introduce colourful Khaadi fabrics. With the launch of Khaadi Kids and Khaadi Home in 2012-2013 and Khaadi Fragrances in 2019, Khaadi became a lifestyle brand. In 2016, with a revenue of 16 billio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Procter & Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer health, personal care and hygiene products; these products are organized into several segments including beauty; grooming; health care; fabric & home care; and baby, feminine, & family care. Before the sale of Pringles to Kellogg's, its product portfolio also included food, snacks, and beverages. P&G is incorporated in Ohio. In 2014, P&G recorded $83.1 billion in sales. On August 1, 2014, P&G announced it was streamlining the company, dropping and selling off around 100 brands from its product portfolio in order to focus on the remaining 65 brands, which produced 95% of the company's profits. A.G. Lafley, the company's chairman and CEO until October 2015, said the future P&G would be "a much simpler, much less complex company of leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regus
IWG plc, formerly Regus, is a British holding company.IWG PLC Bloomberg. Accessed June 2021. It provides s under several brand-names, including Regus.IWG PLC Reuters. Accessed June 2021. It was started in , Belgium, by Mark Dixon in 1989. It is registered in |
