Descon ( ) is a

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headquartered in

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. It operates in the

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and

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sectors. Descon is active in

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, and

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History

It was founded in 1977 by

Abdul Razak Dawood Abdul Razak Dawood is a Pakistani industrialist who is the founder of Descon. He was the Federal Minister of Commerce, Industries & Production between 1999 and 2002 in the Pervez Musharraf administration and later served as the Adviser for Comm ...

as Design Engineering and Construction Services (Descon) with an investment of . It received its first contract when

Attock Refinery Attock Refinery Limited ( ) is a Pakistani oil refinery headquartered in Rawalpindi. It is a subsidiary of UK-domiciled Attock Oil Company. It is the oldest oil refinery of Pakistan. It is listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange. History 1922–19 ...

asked to set up a small refinery in 1978. In 1981, it received a four-year project of National Refinery which helped the company to expand. In 1982, Descon expanded to regional countries, where it helped a Saudi company and afterwards got a small project in

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. In 2007, Descon was included in the ''

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s list. In 2018, Descon expanded its footprint into

by acquiring 26 percent of Plant Design and Project Services (PDPS), an engineering firm there.

List of companies

Listed companies

* Altern Energy Limited * Descon Oxychem Limited (founded 2004)

Unlisted companies

* Descon Engineering Qatar (LLC) (founded 2002): A Qatari branch of Descon * Descon Plant Design and Project Services (PDPS): A division of Descon Engineering formed through a strategic acquisition of a 26% stake in a South African PDPS company * Olayan Descon Industrial Company (ODI) (founded 1981): A joint venture with Olayan Saudi Holding * Presson Descon International Limited (PDIL)

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