The Lakson Group is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[1][2]
History
It was founded in 1954 and is owned by the Lakhani family.
Subsidiaries
Listed
- Century Insurance Company Limited, general insurance business[3]
- Century Paper and Board Mills Limited, producer of packaging boards[4]
- Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan, manufacture and sale of detergents, personal care, and other related products in Pakistan[5]
- Merit Packaging Limited, active in printing and packaging[6][7]
Unlisted
- Century Publications, incorporated in 1998, publishes Urdu and Sindhi daily newspapers Express and Daily 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]
- StormFiber, Internet, and television service provider[9][10]
- Sybrid, business process outsourcing[11]
- Ice Animations, VFX, and animation[12][13]
- NayaPay, digital wallet and payment system.[14][15]
- Lakson Investments Limited, independent asset manager
- McDonald's Pakistan[5]
- Ajinomoto Lakson Pakistan, produces seasonings, cooking oils, TV dinners, sweeteners, amino acids, and pharmaceuticals[16]
- 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.[17]
Former subsidiaries
See also
External links
References
- 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^
- Century Insurance Company - promises peace of mind Brecorder, 18 May 2006^
- B. R. Research. Century Paper & Board Mills Limited Brecorder, 15 May 2024^
- Company Overview of The Lakson Group on bloomberg.com website Retrieved 31 January 2019^
- Ariba Shahid. An activist investor takes Merit Packaging out for a spin Profit by Pakistan Today, 2 May 2021^
- Haris Javed. Merit Packaging is selling off its land and building. Why? Profit by Pakistan Today, 14 January 2024^
- 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^
- Wisal Yousafzai. Facilitation hub to give fillip to tourism The Express Tribune, 22 March 2021^
- Mohammad Kamran Jawaid. SPOTLIGHT: REANIMATING ANIMATION IN PAKISTAN DAWN.COM, 3 November 2019^
- PAKISTAN'S Gaming and Animation Industry | Focus - MAG THE WEEKLY magtheweekly.com^
- State Bank of Pakistan grants EMI License to NayaPay www.nayapay.com, retrieved 2021-09-12^
- State Bank of Pakistan grants EMI License to NayaPay DAWN, 2 September 2021, retrieved 2021-09-12^
- Ajinomoto to offer halal seasonings in Pakistan Nikkei Asia^
- 'Fly Jinnah': Pakistan's Lakson Group, Air Arabia to start new low-cost airline DAWN.COM, 2021-09-03, retrieved 2021-09-13^
- Profit Report. After a lucky streak, Clover stumbles in 2020 Profit by Pakistan Today, 14 November 2020^
- B. R. Research. Clover Pakistan Limited Brecorder, 21 June 2023^
- Aamir Shafaat Khan. Tetley tea to hit market in first quarter of '04 DAWN.COM, 31 December 2003^
- Aamir Shafaat Khan. Tata to start operations in Pakistan from Oct: Joint venture in tea making DAWN.COM, 14 May 2003^
- Welcome to Tetley 26 May 2007^