Lakson Group
The Lakson Group is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Sindh.
History
It was founded in 1954 and is owned by the Lakhani family.Subsidiaries
Listed
- Century Insurance Company Limited, general insurance business
- Century Paper and Board Mills Limited, producer of packaging boards
- Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan, manufacture and sale of detergents, personal care, and other related products in Pakistan
- Merit Packaging Limited, active in printing and packaging
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
- * 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
- * StormFiber, Internet, and television service provider
- Sybrid, business process outsourcing
- * Ice Animations, VFX, and animation
- NayaPay, digital wallet and payment system.
- Lakson Investments Limited, independent asset manager
- McDonald's Pakistan
- Ajinomoto Lakson Pakistan, produces seasonings, cooking oils, TV dinners, sweeteners, amino acids, and pharmaceuticals
- Princeton Travels 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.
Former subsidiaries
- Clover Pakistan, formerly distributed Tang, Toblerone, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, and Titan watches in Pakistan
- Tetley Clover
- Lakson Tobacco