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Pakistani Billionaires
The following is a list of the Pakistani people sorted by order of their declared or estimated wealth Wealth is the abundance of valuable financial assets or physical possessions which can be converted into a form that can be used for transactions. This includes the core meaning as held in the originating Old English word , which is from an I ... in U.S. dollars. Pakistanis by net worth References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pakistanis by net worth Lists of people by wealth Net worth Economy of Pakistan-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to India–Pakistan border, the east, Afghanistan to Durand Line, the west, Iran to Iran–Pakistan border, the southwest, and China to China–Pakistan border, the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yousuf Dewan Companies
The Yousuf Dewan Companies (YDC) () is a conglomerate company based in Karachi, Pakistan. It is currently owned by the former Sindh Finance Minister Dewan Mohammad Yousuf Farooqui. It is previously known as Dewan Mushtaq Group. History The conglomerate was founded in 1912 as Sh Dewan Muhammad Mushtaq. Companies The group owns the following companies: Cement * Dewan Cement Limited * Pakland Cement, 1984 Dewan Karachi Plant established in 1982 having total capacity of 5880 tons/day. Dewan Hattar Plant established in 1995 having total capacity 3780 tons/day. Yousuf Dewan Companies acquired the Pakland Cement Limited, Karachi and Saadi Cement Limited, Hattar on May 17, 2004. Dewan Hattar Cement Limited merged Dewan Cement Limited on 22-Oct-2007. Automotive Dewan Motors Private Limited * Dewan Mushtaq Motor Company (Pvt.) Ltd. * Dewan Automotive Engineering Limited (defaulter) * Dewan Farooque Motors Limited (defaulter) * Daehan-Dewan Motor Company (Pvt.) Ltd. Textile * Dewan Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yousuf Farooqui
Dewan Muhammad Yousuf Farooqui is a Pakistani businessman and former Sindh finance minister who is the owner of Yousuf Dewan Companies. He has also served as the Provincial Minister for the Local Bodies. Industries, Labour, Transport, Mines and Minerals of Sindh from 1999 to 2004. Political career Farooqui was the Provincial Minister for the Local Bodies. Industries, Labour, Transport, Mines & Minerals of Sindh from 1999 to 2003 during Musharraf regime. In March 2005, he was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz by then President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of t .... Farooqui was made the Provincial Finance Minister in the caretaker setup in Sindh in 2007. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Farooqui, Yousuf Living people Pakistani company founders P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saigol Group
The Saigol Group, also known as Kohinoor Group, is a Pakistani conglomerate company which is based in Lahore, Pakistan. The company was founded by Amin Saigol in the 1930s with a small shop that eventually developed into the Kohinoor Rubber Works. Historical background The Saigol family were originally farmers from a small town called Khotian, Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan. Khotian town was later named Saigolabad after this family. Sayeed Saigol moved to Calcutta in the 1930s and opened a shoe store. He opened a rubber shoe factory, and was a supplier of rubber shoes and raincoats to the Allied Forces during World War II. Saigol, anticipating the division and independence of British India, moved his assets to Lahore in the early 1940s. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, with the help of his younger brothers Yousuf and Bashir, he set up their first textile spinning mill in Lyallpur (now called Faisalabad) in 1949. Later the family expanded its textile business to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Habib
The House of Habib () is a Pakistani conglomerate company based in Karachi, Pakistan. The group was founded by Habib Esmail in Bombay (British Raj) in 1841. It is a prominent shia Khoja business family in Pakistan.Company Overview of House of Habib (Private) Limited on Bloomberg.com website Retrieved 25 July 2019Economic Review, November 1984 (P 59) p 14 History The company has history going back to 19th century, when it started as Khoja Mithabhai Nathoo in 1841 based in then as a family business. In 1891, a family member named Habib Esmail helped the company ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden. History American Jed Sunden founded the ''Kyiv Post'' weekly newspaper on Oct. 18, 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. The newspaper, which went online in 1997, serves Ukrainian and expatriate readers with a general interest mix of political, business and entertainment coverage. The 50-member staff is a team of mainly Ukrainian journalists, numbering 35 editorial team members and 15 in the commercial division as of Jan. 10, 2020, including 40 Ukrainians. Historically, the editorial policy has supported democracy, Western integration and free markets for Ukraine. It has published numerous investigative stories, including coverage of the 2000 murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze, in which ex-Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma is a prime suspect; the 2004 Orange Revolution, in which a massive public uprising blocked Viktor Yanukovych from taking power as pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Zahoor
Mohammad Zahoor (born 1 August 1955) is a Ukraine-based British-Pakistani businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and owner of the ISTIL Group, a diversified trading company that included a steel mill in Donetsk, which he sold in 2009 for between US$700 million and US$1 billion; a former owner of the ''Kyiv Post'', which he sold for approximately $5 million; and a co-founder of the Ukrainian Music Awards (YUNA). Since the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Zahoor has mobilized funds and aid to evacuate Ukrainian refugees to the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe. He has reportedly bought two fighter jets for the Ukrainian military, and has continued to meet with various heads of state and other influential figures to ensure safe passage for Ukrainian refugees. Early life Zahoor was born to a Muhajir family in Karachi, Pakistan. His father was in the Pakistani Civil Service. During his first year at NED University of Engineering and Technology in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schön Properties
Schön Properties is a Dubai-based real estate developer. The company generated a gross development value of over USD $ 2 billion. It was founded in 1971 in Singapore by the Schon family, which originated in Pakistan. The company has been involved in several development projects in Dubai, including the Schon Business Park project and Dubai Lagoons in Dubai Investment Park, which was started in 2005, but was hit hard by the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and those projects were put on hold. In 2015, the company successfully delivered 1.6 million square feet project called Schon Business Park, consisting of 72 retail outlets and 304 offices. In February 2017, Xanadu acquired Dubai Lagoon from Schon Properties for an undisclosed sum. The new developer Xanadu took over the project and purchased it with all its assets and liabilities, including the customers of Dubai Lagoon In August 2018, the Dubai agency cancelled two of Schon's projects, iSuites Smart Residences and Ava Reside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hub Power Company
Hub Power Company Limited, () colloquially known as HUBCO, is the first and largest Pakistani Independent Power Producer (IPP) with a combined installed power generation capacity of 3250 MW. HUBCO is the only power producer in Pakistan with four projects listed in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Thar Energy Limited, ThalNova, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company and China power Hub generation Company. Out of these four projects only one is under construction — Thalnova Power Thar (Pvt) Ltd whereas China Power Hub Generation Company (CPHGC) and Thar Energy Limited is already contributing electricity to the national grid. Hub Power Company stock is traded on the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Organisation structure Subsidiaries * Narowal Energy Limited (NEL): Wholly owned by HUBCO. It manages and operates the Narowal Power Plant * Hub Power Services Limited (HPSL): Wholly owned subsidiary of HUBCO * Hub Power Holdings (HPHL): Incorporated to invest in future growth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahria Town
Bahria Town (Private) Limited ( ur, ) is an Islamabad-based privately owned real-estate development company which owns, develops and manages properties across Pakistan. It established its first gated community exclusively developed for the elites in Islamabad but it also accommodate middle-class income families. Its second gated community opened in Lahore, which is influenced by Greco-Roman culture and is built in southern Lahore. In 2015, it launched the Bahria Town Karachi, the largest of its gated communities, while Bahria Enclave Islamabad (launched in 2013) is the smallest of them. Most of these communities are large towns in their own right, its oldest community in Southern Islamabad spans over . The under-construction Bahria Town Karachi spans over and it is the largest privately owned residential community in the country. Combined, its projects have the capacity to house over a million people. The companies subsidiary's include the Mall of Lahore and the under-constru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malik Riaz
Malik Riaz Hussain (Urdu, pa, ; born February 8, 1954) is a Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of Bahria Town, the largest privately held real estate development company in Pakistan and in Asia. Riaz started his career as a clerk with a construction company (MES) in Rawalpindi. In the 1980s, Riaz moved to become a contractor, and in 1995 Riaz's construction company Hussain Global, signed an agreement with Pakistan Navy's charitable trust known as Bahria Foundation to develop a gated community for Pakistan Navy. The Navy's Bahria Foundation served a legal notice to Riaz to stop using the word "Bahria" for his company's construction projects, but Riaz went on to develop Bahria Town Rawalpindi offering gifts of bungalows, and mansions to politically connected people and army generals. He expanded his real-estate company and developed gated communities in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad during the 2000s, developing a combined area of 45,000 square acres. As of 2016, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
