TheLakson Group(Urdu:لیکسن گروپ) is agroup of companiesheadquartered inKarachi,Sindh.[1][2][3]
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 |
History
editIt was founded in 1954 and is owned by the Lakhani family.[1]
Subsidiaries
editListed
edit- 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
edit- Century Publications, incorporated in 1998, publishes Urdu and Sindhi daily newspapersExpressandDaily Sindh Express
- 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
- Cybernet,internet, and data communication network service provider[8]
- Sybrid,business process outsourcing[11]
- NayaPay, digital wallet and payment system.[14][15]
- Lakson Investments Limited, independent asset manager
- McDonald's Pakistan[1]
- AjinomotoLakson Pakistan, produces seasonings, cooking oils, TV dinners, sweeteners, amino acids, and pharmaceuticals
- Princeton Travels (Private) Limited, anIATAaccredited travel agency and an active member of International travel forums like ASTA, PATA, UFTAA & TAAP
- Fly Jinnah,a joint venture between Lakson Group andAir Arabia.It adopts thelow costmodel similar to that of Air Arabia.[16]
Former subsidiaries
edit- Clover Pakistan, formerly distributedTang,Toblerone,Philadelphia Cream Cheese,andTitanwatches in Pakistan[17][18]
- Tetley Clover[19][20][21]
- Lakson Tobacco
See also
editReferences
edit- ^abcdCompany Overview of The Lakson Group on bloomberg websiteRetrieved 31 January 2019
- ^"Greater than Rs1 billion: The best performing mutual funds".The Express Tribune. 9 April 2016.Retrieved31 January2019.
- ^"Company Structure: Lakson Group".lakson.pk.Retrieved31 January2019.
- ^"Century Insurance Company - promises peace of mind".Brecorder.18 May 2006.
- ^Research, B. R. (15 May 2024)."Century Paper & Board Mills Limited".Brecorder.
- ^Shahid, Ariba (2 May 2021)."An activist investor takes Merit Packaging out for a spin".Profit by Pakistan Today.
- ^Javed, Haris (14 January 2024)."Merit Packaging is selling off its land and building. Why?".Profit by Pakistan Today.
- ^"Pakistan's internet capacity to be increased by 96 Tb/s with new submarine cable system".DAWN.COM.17 April 2019.
- ^"StormFiber expands to Multan even as taxes bite".The Express Tribune.11 July 2018.
- ^"Quetta added to high-speed internet network".The Express Tribune.23 October 2018.
- ^Yousafzai, Wisal (22 March 2021)."Facilitation hub to give fillip to tourism".The Express Tribune.
- ^Jawaid, Mohammad Kamran (3 November 2019)."SPOTLIGHT: REANIMATING ANIMATION IN PAKISTAN".DAWN.COM.
- ^"PAKISTAN'S Gaming and Animation Industry | Focus - MAG THE WEEKLY".magtheweekly.
- ^"State Bank of Pakistan grants EMI License to NayaPay".nayapay.Retrieved12 September2021.
- ^"State Bank of Pakistan grants EMI License to NayaPay".DAWN.2 September 2021.Retrieved12 September2021.
- ^"'Fly Jinnah': Pakistan's Lakson Group, Air Arabia to start new low-cost airline ".DAWN.COM.3 September 2021.Retrieved13 September2021.
- ^Report, Profit (14 November 2020)."After a lucky streak, Clover stumbles in 2020".Profit by Pakistan Today.
- ^Research, B. R. (21 June 2023)."Clover Pakistan Limited".Brecorder.
- ^Khan, Aamir Shafaat (31 December 2003)."Tetley tea to hit market in first quarter of '04".DAWN.COM.
- ^Khan, Aamir Shafaat (14 May 2003)."Tata to start operations in Pakistan from Oct: Joint venture in tea making".DAWN.COM.
- ^"Welcome to Tetley".26 May 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 26 May 2007.