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Ikram Sehgal

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The writer is a defence and security analyst, he is Co-Chairman Pathfinder Group, Patron-in-Chief Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) and the Vice Chairman Board of Management Quaid-e-Azam House Museum (Institute of Nation Building).

FBP – Dada, Ittefaq, Fecto and Saif

Dada One of the oldest commercial entities of the Memons is the Dada Commercial House. Long before the formation of Pakistan, the ancestors of present...

FBP – Wazir Ali, Sattar, Gandhara, Nishat, Beco and Gul Ahmed Groups

Wazir AliInitially incorporated as The Hyderabad (Sind) Vegetable Oils and Allied Industries Limited at Karachi on 27 June 1953 as a Private Limited Company...

From the Editorial Desk (Oct-2022)

Since establishing diplomatic ties in 1951 China and Pakistan have enjoyed close and mutually beneficial relationship, this bond has strengthened with the passage of...

Valika, Fancy and Ispahani

ValikaKamruddin Valibhai of Bombay, the founder of the dynasty that came to be known as the Valikas, had four sons, Fakhruddin Valibhai, Najjamuddin Valibhai,...

Bawany, Colony, Hashwani and Crescent Groups

Bawany GroupBorn in 1882 and 1890 respectively at Jetpur, Kathiawar, Ahmad Karim Ebrahim Bawany and Abdul Latif Ibrahim Bawany founded the Bawany dynasty. Migrating...

The Houses of Habibs, Adamjees and Saigols

Esmail Ali who was from Gujarat in Western India began the Khoja Mithabhai Nathoo Trading Company in 1841. Joining the firm in 1891, his...

The Ghost of Mahbub ul Haq

A Pakistani economist, international development theorist, and politician Dr Mahbub ul Haq (February 1934 – 16 July 1998) served as the Federal Minister of...

Family Businesses Difficult to Sustain

Difficulties are present for all family businesses regardless if they are run by first, second or third generation. Once established the difficulties will get...
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