Fauji Foundation ( ur, ), lit. ''Soldier Foundation''), (also known as Fauji Group) is a Pakistani conglomerates company which is active in

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, LPG marketing and distribution,

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, and

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. The word "Fauji" () is an

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word that means "soldier" and the company 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.

History

Fauji Foundation was established as a charitable trust in 1954, and operating on a completely self-sustaining basis, channels approximately 80% of the profits from commercial ventures into social protection programs that serve a beneficiary population representing approximately 7% of the country's population. Spending more than Rs. 23.8 billion since inception on welfare, the Foundation provides services in the areas of healthcare,

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, educational stipends, technical and

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. Between 2011 and 2015, the foundation assets grew 78 percent. A 2017 study found that 33 of a group of 141 former

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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. The study says the Foundation plays a valuable role in preventing retired senior officers from intervening in the activities of serving officers and from entering electoral politics.

Holding entities

Fully owned

* Fauji Cereals * Foundation Gas * Overseas Employment Services * Fauji Foundation Experimental And Seed Multiplication Farm

Subsidiaries

* Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited * Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited (FJFC), * Fauji Cement Company Limited * FFBL Power Company Limited (Fauji Power Company Ltd) FPCL. * Fauji Kabirwali Power Company Limited * Foundation Power Company Daharki Limited * Mari Petroleum Company Limited * Fauji Institute of Technology * Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminal Limited *Fauji Retirement Home * Fauji Oil Terminal And Distribution Company Limited * Pakistan Maroc Phosphore, S.A., Morocco * Foundation Securities (Pvt) Limited * Askari Bank Limited * Fauji Meat Limited * Fauji Fresh n Squeeze * FFC Energy Limited * Fauji Foods Limited About Fauji Foundation Group
Retrieved 11 June 2017 * Fauji Security Services * Foundation Wind Energy - I * Foundation Solar Energy (Pvt.) Ltd. * Foundation Wind Energy - II

Health care hospitals

The Fauji Foundation medical system began with the establishment of a 50-bed TB hospital in 1959 at Rawalpindi. Today, the Fauji Foundation medical system is the largest medical chain outside the Government sector, spread all over Pakistan. On health care, Fauji Foundation spends over 58% of the welfare budget. Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi and Fauji Foundation Hospital Lahore are well funded hospitals of Fauji Foundation. It is run by former officers of

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Education system

With over 100 branches spread from Karachi to Gilgit having approx 45,000 students, 2000 teachers and over 1100 administrative staff, the Fauji Foundation Education system is amongst the largest education systems in the country. 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

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

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. FFES is affiliated with the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE),

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. There are 102 schools (FF model schools) in Pakistan. The Fauji Foundation Colleges For Boys and Girls are located in New Lalazar,

. * Foundation University Medical College,

107 medical graduates receive degrees
The Nation (newspaper), Published 15 October 2015, Retrieved 11 June 2017 * Foundation University,

*Fauji Foundation College, Rawalpindi

References

External links

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