Lakson Group
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| Company type | Corporate group |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1954 |
| Founder | Sultan Ali Lakhani Iqbal Ali Lakhani |
| Headquarters | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Area served | Pakistan |
Key people | Iqbal Ali Lakhani (chairman) |
| Website | lakson |
The Lakson Group (Template:Lang-ur) is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Sindh.[1][2][3]
History
It was founded in 1954 and is owned by the Lakhani family.[1]
Subsidaries
Listed
- Century Insurance Company Limited, general insurance business[4]
- Century Paper and Board Mills Limited, producer of packaging boards[5]
- Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan, manufacture and sale of detergents, personal care, and other related products in Pakistan[1]
- Merit Packaging Limited, active in printing and packaging[6][7]
Unlisted
- Express News, Urdu-language TV news channel
- Express 24/7, English- 24-hours TV news channel (now closed down)
- Express Entertainment, Urdu-language Entertainment channel
- The Daily Express, Urdu daily in Pakistan
- The Express Tribune, English-language newspaper
- Century Publications, incorporated in 1998, publishes Urdu and Sindhi daily newspapers Express and Daily Sindh Express
- Cybernet, internet, and data communication network service provider
- StormFiber, Internet, and television service provider
- Sybrid Private Limited, business process outsourcing
- Lakson Business Solutions Limited, IT provider
- Ice Animations, VFX, and animation
- NayaPay, digital wallet and payment system.[8][9]
- Lakson Investments Limited, independent asset manager
- McDonald's Pakistan[1]
- Ajinomoto Lakson Pakistan, produces seasonings, cooking oils, TV dinners, sweeteners, amino acids, and pharmaceuticals
- Princeton Travels (Private) Limited, an IATA accredited travel agency and an active member of International travel forums like ASTA, PATA, UFTAA & TAAP
- Fly Jinnah, a joint venture between Lakson Group and Air Arabia. It adopts the low cost model similar to that of Air Arabia.[10]
Former subsidaries
- Clover Pakistan, formerly distributed Tang, Toblerone, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, and [[Titan Company|Titan in Pakistan[11][12]
- Tetley Clover[13][14][15]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Company Overview of The Lakson Group on bloomberg.com website Retrieved 31 January 2019
- ^ "Greater than Rs1 billion: The best performing mutual funds". The Express Tribune. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Company Structure: Lakson Group". lakson.com.pk. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ https://www.brecorder.com/news/3279360
- ^ https://www.brecorder.com/news/40303531
- ^ https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2021/05/02/an-activist-investor-takes-merit-packaging-out-for-a-spin/
- ^ https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2024/01/14/merit-packaging-is-selling-off-its-land-and-building-why/
- ^ "State Bank of Pakistan grants EMI License to NayaPay". www.nayapay.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "State Bank of Pakistan grants EMI License to NayaPay". DAWN. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "'Fly Jinnah': Pakistan's Lakson Group, Air Arabia to start new low-cost airline". DAWN.COM. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/11/14/after-a-lucky-streak-clover-stumbles-in-2020/
- ^ https://www.brecorder.com/news/40249009
- ^ https://www.dawn.com/news/131674/tetley-tea-to-hit-market-in-first-quarter-of-04
- ^ https://www.dawn.com/news/101754/tata-to-start-operations-in-pakistan-from-oct-joint-venture-in-tea-making
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20070526112108/http://www.tetleyclover.com/flash.html
External links
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