The Lakson Group () is a Pakistani

conglomerate company A conglomerate () is a multi-industry company – i.e., a combination of multiple business entities operating in entirely different industries under one corporate group, usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries. Conglomerates ...

which is based in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. It was founded in 1954 and is owned by Lakhani family. The conglomerate is based in

, currently chaired by Iqbal Ali Lakhani and was founded in 1954. The company is very diversified and has its interests in agri-business,

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, consumer non-durables, fast food, financial services, media, paper and board, printing and packaging, surgical instruments, technology (data-networking, BPO, and software) and travel.

Lakson Group of Companies

Technology

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, 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.

Media TV channels

* Express News, Urdu-language TV news channel * Express Entertainment, Urdu-language Entertainment channel

Closed channels

* Express Tribune, English- 24-hours TV news channel (now closed down) * Express Music, 24-hours Music TV channel (now closed down)

Publications

The Daily Express The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet ...

, No. 2 Urdu daily in Pakistan *

The Express Tribune ''The Express Tribune'' is a daily English language, English-language newspaper based in Pakistan. It is the flagship publication of the ''Daily Express (Urdu newspaper), Daily Express'' media group. It is Pakistan's only internationally affiliat ...

, English-language newspaper * Express Daily Sindh Express, Sindhi-language newspaper

Financial Services

*NayaPay - digital wallet and payment system. *Century Insurance Company Limited, general insurance business *Lakson Investments Limited, Pakistan's largest independent asset manager

Paper & Board

*Century Paper and Board Mills Limited, producer of packaging boards in Pakistan *Merit Packaging Limited, printing and packaging company

Lakson Group joint-ventures

Lakson Group has alliances with the following major international companies: * Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan, manufacture and sale of detergents, personal care, and other related products in PakistanCompany Overview of The Lakson Group on bloomberg.com website
Retrieved 31 January 2019 * McDonald's Pakistan, 53 restaurants in major cities of Pakistan *

Ajinomoto is a Japanese multinational food and biotechnology corporation which produces seasonings, interlayer insulating materials for semiconductor packages for use in personal computers, cooking oils, frozen foods, beverages, sweeteners, amino acids, ...

Lakson Pakistan (Private) Limited, 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 Fly Jinnah or FJ is a low cost carrier (LCC) owned and operated jointly by Lakson Group and Air Arabia Group of the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُ ...

, a joint venture between Lakson Group and Air Arabia. It adopts the low cost model similar to that of Air Arabia.

References

External links

* Conglomerate companies of Pakistan Companies based in Karachi Conglomerate companies established in 1954 Pakistani companies established in 1954 Mass media companies established in 1954 {{Pakistan-company-stub