Fauji Foundation ( ; ), also known as Fauji Group, is a Pakistani conglomerate based in

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in P ...

. It is active in

fertilizer A fertilizer or fertiliser is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients. Fertilizers may be distinct from liming materials or other non-nutrient soil amendments. Man ...

cement A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mi ...

food Food is any substance consumed by an organism for Nutrient, nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or Fungus, fungal origin and contains essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, protein (nutrient), proteins, vitamins, ...

power generation Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery ( transmission, distribution, etc.) to end users or its stora ...

, gas exploration, LPG marketing and distribution,

financial services Financial services are service (economics), economic services tied to finance provided by financial institutions. Financial services encompass a broad range of tertiary sector of the economy, service sector activities, especially as concerns finan ...

, security services and provides womb-to-tomb benefits to retired servicemen of

Pakistan Armed Forces The Pakistan Armed Forces (; ) are the military forces of Pakistan. It is the world's sixth-largest military measured by active military personnel and consists of three uniformed services—the Army, Navy, and the Air Force, which are backe ...

and their families. Fauji Foundation was set up in order to provide employment opportunities to Pakistani ex-military personnel and to generate funds for the welfare of widows, and families of martyrs. It also undertakes welfare projects in

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

, medical, training, and rehabilitation for military personnel.

History

Fauji Foundation was established as a charitable trust in 1954 under the Charitable Endowments Act of 1889. It was established for the welfare of the

' three branches—

Pakistan Navy The Pakistan Navy (PN) (; ''romanized'': Pākistān Bahrí'a; ) is the naval warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The Chief of the Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Com ...

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...

, and

Pakistan Air Force The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (; ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy when re ...

—and thus came under the management of the

Ministry of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and Mi ...

. The organization began with an initial paid-up capital of (Rs 18 million) which it received from British colonial administration for supporting the widows and families of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

veterans. With the funds it established a

textile mill Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful good ...

, a cereals mill, and a

sugar mill A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw sugar or plantation white sugar. Some sugar mills are situated next to a back-end refinery, that turns raw sugar into (refined) white sugar. The term is also used to refer ...

. In 1960, Fauji Foundation acquired a sugar mill from the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation in Tando Muhammad Khan and later renamed it as Fauji Sugar Mills, Tando Muhammad Khan. It produced

sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose Glucose is a sugar with the Chemical formula#Molecular formula, molecul ...

under the brand "Crystal". It later also founded a sugarcane research station, named Nukerjee Research Farm. In 1972, Fauji Foundation acquired a sugar mill in Khoski,

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

and later renamed it Fauji Sugar Mills, Khoski. It produced

under the brand "Shireen". In the same year, Fauji Foundation also acquired a

based in Sangla Hill from Modern Motors Limited and it produced sugar under the brand "Chandi". In 1974, Fauji Foundation inaugurated Foundation Gas Filling Plant in

. Later, in December 1974, Fauji Foundation inaugurated its third textile mill with equipment imported from China. In 1980, Fauji Foundation founded an auto

workshop Beginning with the Industrial Revolution era, a workshop may be a room, rooms or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods. Workshops were the only ...

, named Fauji Autos. In 1982, Fauji Foundation incorporated Intec Limited to manufacture communication equipment such as trans-receivers and

microprocessor A microprocessor is a computer processor (computing), processor for which the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit (IC), or a small number of ICs. The microprocessor contains the arithmetic, logic, a ...

-based

PABX A business telephone system is a telephone system typically used in business environments, encompassing the range of technology from the key telephone system (KTS) to the private branch exchange (PBX). A business telephone system differs from ...

s in Pakistan. In April 1982, Fauji Foundation established a

polypropylene Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications. It is produced via chain-growth polymerization from the monomer Propene, propylene. Polypropylene belongs to the group of polyolefin ...

bag manufacturing plant in

Hub, Balochistan Hub () is a city and capital of the Hub District in Pakistan's Balochistan province. It is the 54th largest city of Pakistan by population, according to the 2023 census, and is also Balochistan's fourth-largest city. Hub is an industrial cit ...

with an annual production capacity of 16.3 million. In June 1982, the first plant of Fauji Fertilizer Company in Goth Machi became operational. Also, in 1982, Fauji Foundation acquired Fauji Corn Complex in Jehangira which was originally developed by the Sarhad Development Authority. The project went bankrupt in 2012. In 1983, Fauji Foundation established Fauji Metals in Rawalpindi to manufacture

liquid petroleum gas Liquefied petroleum gas, also referred to as liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, ''n''-butane and isobutane. It can also contain some propyle ...

cylinder A cylinder () has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes. In elementary geometry, it is considered a prism with a circle as its base. A cylinder may also be defined as an infinite ...

s with a manufacturing capacity of 7,500 cylinders per month. In May 1983, Fauji Foundation acquired a 40 percent stake in state-owned company, Mari Gas Company. Fauji Foundation business remained relatively modest in scale until the late 1970s when it began to undergo major expansion. The assets of Fauji Foundation increased from Rs 152 million in 1970 to Rs 2,060 million by 1982, with 29 industrial units. In 2004, Fauji Foundation sold Khoski Sugar Mill for PKR 300 million despite receiving the highest bid of PKR 387 million. In 2005, a corruption case was filed in the

National Accountability Bureau The National Accountability Bureau (; abbreviated NAB) is Pakistan's anti-corruption agency. Its chairman is Nazir Ahmed Butt, a retired general. History The Ehtesab Act, 1997 established an Ehtesab Cell, charged with the investigation and pr ...

(NAB) against then

managing director A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

Syed Muhammad Amjad who was involved in the corruption. From 2011 to 2015, Fauji Foundation's assets grew 78 percent. A 2017 study found that 33 of a group of 141 former

corps commanders, or 23.4%, were given jobs by the Foundation after their retirement from the military. At any one time, as many as seven former corps commanders serve as either the managing directors of the Fauji Foundation or the Army Welfare Trust or as managing directors of subsidiaries with personnel in these positions rotated out every three years.

Management

Fauji Foundation is predominantly managed by the

, with about 85-90 percent of these positions filled by retired Army personnel. The managing director is usually a retired Army general, and the

board of directors A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulatio ...

is chaired by the Federal Secretary of Defence, with members drawn from within the organization.

Subsidiaries

Listed

* Fauji Fertilizer Company ** Askari Bank (acquired from Army Welfare Trust) *** Foundation Securities *** Askari Exchange ** Foundation Wind Energy - I ** Foundation Wind Energy - II ** FFC Energy Limited ** Fauji Fresh n Freeze ** Fauji FoodsAbout Fauji Foundation Group
Retrieved 11 June 2017 *** Fauji Cereals *** Fauji Infraavest Foods ** Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim *** FFBL Power Company Limited *** Pakistan Maroc Phosphore, S.A., Morocco * Fauji Cement * Mari Petroleum

Unlisted

Fauji Meat

Fauji Meat Limited was established in 2013 as a subsidiary of Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim. In 2017, Fauji Meat began commercial operations with the inauguration of a processing plant in Port Qasim,

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

at a cost of $75 million. The plant covers an area of 47 acres. Fauji Meat also operates retail stores to sell meat, named Zabeeha.

Foundation Gas

Foundation Gas (Fongas) is a

liquified petroleum gas Liquefied petroleum gas, also referred to as liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, ''n''-butane and isobutane. It can also contain some propyl ...

(LPG) marketing and distribution company established in 1972. As of 2004, it held approximately 16% of the national market share, supported by a network of 460 distributors across regions including the Northern Areas,

Federally Administered Tribal Areas The Federally Administered Tribal Areas, commonly known as FATA, was a semi-autonomous tribal region in north-western Pakistan that existed from 1947 until being merged with the neighbouring province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018 through the ...

(FATA), and

Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir ( ), is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger ...

. In the fiscal year 2003–04, Fongas distributed a total of 55,236 metric tons of LPG, which comprised 11,874 metric tons of imported LPG. Fongas operates five plants with a combined storage capacity of 1,940 metric tons and a bottling capacity exceeding 175 metric tons per shift.

Overseas Employment Services

Overseas Employment Services was established in 1978 by the Fauji Foundation to export manpower from Pakistan.

Fauji Kabirwala Power

Fauji Kabirwala Power is a 170 MW combined cycle

power plant A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electr ...

located near

Kabirwala Kabirwala (, Punjabi language, Punjabi ) is a town of Khanewal District in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Kabirwala Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of Khanewal District. Kabirwala's pop ...

Khanewal District Khanewal District (Urdu and ) is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan.Khanewal , Punjab Portal. Retrieved 16 January 2022, from https://www.punjab.gov.pk/khanewal According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a populati ...

. It was set up in 1997 by Fauji Foundation as a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

with

El Paso Electric El Paso Electric is a Texas-based public utility company, engaging in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in west Texas and southern New Mexico. Its energy sources consist of nuclear fuel, natural gas, purchased power, so ...

, with an investment of US $170 million and a debt-equity ratio of 75:25. The majority of the

debt Debt is an obligation that requires one party, the debtor, to pay money Loan, borrowed or otherwise withheld from another party, the creditor. Debt may be owed by a sovereign state or country, local government, company, or an individual. Co ...

financing was provided by the

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank to promote social and economic development in Asia. The bank is headquartered in Metro Manila, Philippines and maintains 31 field offices around the world. The bank was establishe ...

(ADB) and

Export Development Canada Export Development Canada (EDC; ) is Canada's export credit agency and a Crown corporation wholly owned by the Government of Canada. Its mandate is to support and develop trade between Canada and other countries, and help Canada's competitiveness ...

(EDC). The plant began commercial operations in March 2000. In 2006, El Paso sold its entire shareholding of 42% to Globeleq which was later acquired by Aljomaih Automotive Company based in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

Fauji Foundation Experimental and Seed Multiplication Farm

The Fauji Foundation Experimental and Seed Multiplication Farm was established in 1959 to conduct experiments, research, testing, and development of new sugarcane varieties. It covers an area of 2,498 acres.

Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminal

Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminal was established in 2010 as a

between Fauji Foundation, Akbar Group, and National Bank of Pakistan. The terminal provides services for the berthing, unloading, storage, and bagging of

grain A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit (caryopsis) – with or without an attached husk, hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and ...

cereal A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize ( Corn). Edible grains from other plant families, ...

oilseed Vegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are oils extracted from seeds or from other parts of edible plants. Like animal fats, vegetable fats are ''mixtures'' of triglycerides. Soybean oil, grape seed oil, and cocoa butter are examples of seed ...

s, and

s. In 2020, Cargill acquired a 25 percent stake in the terminal.

Fauji Trans Terminal

Fauji Trans Terminal was established as a

between Fauji Oil Terminal and Distribution Company (FOTCO) and Trans Group. The terminal's construction started in 2016 and it was built with a $25 million investment at Port Qasim. It serves as a bulk liquid storage and handling facility.

Fauji Oil Terminal

Fauji Oil Terminal & Distribution Company Limited was established in April 1995 as an

oil terminal An oil terminal (also called a tank farm, tankfarm, oil installation or oil depot) is an industrial facility for the storage of oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and from which these Petroleum product, products are transported to end u ...

. Constructed on a build–own–operate basis for US $100 million, the facility has the capacity to handle 9 million

metric ton The tonne ( or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton in the United States to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the sh ...

s of oil per year and can accommodate vessels up to 75,000 DWT at its jetty. The terminal has expanded to include a 4 km, 30-inch diameter pipeline for importing white oil at the existing jetty.

Foundation Power Company Daharki

Foundation Power Company Daharki operates a combined-cycle, low-Btu gas-fired

in Daharki,

Ghotki Ghotki (; ) is a city in northern Sindh, Pakistan, and the headquarter of Ghotki District. Its population as of 2023 is . Ghotki is famous for its date palm ''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as the date palm, is a flowering-plant spec ...

. The plant has an installed capacity of 186 MW and a net capacity of 180 MW. Construction began in October 2007, and in August 2008, an operation and maintenance contract was signed with Korea Plant Services & Engineering Company Limited, which was later renamed KEPCO Plant Services & Engineering Company Limited.

Foundation Solar Energy

Defunct

* Fauji Poly Propylene Product * Fauji Security Services (acquired by Army Welfare Trust) * FaujiSoft * Fauji Sugar Mills, Tando Muhammad Khan * Fauji Sugar Mills, Khoski * Intec Limited

Health care

The Fauji Foundation medical system began with the establishment of a 50-bed TB hospital in 1959 at Rawalpindi. On health care, Fauji Foundation spends over 58% of the welfare budget. It is run by former officers of Pakistani Armed Forces.

Education system

With over 130 branches spread from Karachi to Gilgit having approximately 74,897 students, 3,069 teachers and over 1100 administrative staff, the Fauji Foundation Education system is amongst the largest education systems in the country.https://www.fui.edu.pk/sites/default/files/1660448831879_compressed.pdf The Fauji Foundation's education system aims to provide education to the children of ex- armed forces personnel, as well as to civilians. The headquarters of Fauji Foundation is in

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. FFES is affiliated with the

Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, commonly abbreviated as FBISE, is an autonomous board of education, under the Ministry of Federal Education, which regulates secondary and higher secondary education in federal-based i ...

(FBISE),

Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...

and Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rawalpindi as well. There are 102 schools (FF model schools) in Pakistan. The Fauji Foundation Colleges For Boys and Girls are located in New Lalazar,

. * Foundation University,

** Foundation University Medical College *Fauji Foundation College, Talagang *Fauji Foundation College, Rawalpindihttps://fuic.fui.edu.pk/index.php/our-institutes1

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fauji Foundation Conglomerate companies of Pakistan 1954 establishments in Pakistan Conglomerate companies established in 1954 Companies based in Rawalpindi