OVERVIEW (September 09, 2010): Silk Bank (formerly Saudi Pak Commercial Bank) came into existence when a consortium of investors, comprising of Bank Muscat SAOG, Nomura European Investments Limited and International Finance Corporation signed a share purchase agreement with the Saudi Pak investment group. On March 31, 2008 the consortium acquired 86.55% of the bank for around USD 260 million or $0.47 per share (Rs 29.3 equivalent per share).

OVERVIEW (September 08, 2010): KASB Bank Limited was incorporated on October 13, 1994 as Platinum Commercial Bank Limited. The name of the Bank was subsequently changed to KASB Bank Limited on February 21, 2003, when the majority shareholding was acquired by the KASB Group.

OVERVIEW (September 07, 2010): Bank Al-Habib Limited provides various financial products and services in Pakistan. It offers consumer, commercial and Islamic banking services.

OVERVIEW (September 06, 2010): Lafarge Pakistan Cement (LP) is a part of Lafarge, world leader of construction materials. The state-of-the-art plant commenced Commercial Operations in December 2006 with an annual cement production capacity of 2.5m tons, thus becoming the largest production line in Pakistan.

OVERVIEW (September 04, 2010): Pak Elektron Limited (PEL) is the pioneer manufacturer of electrical goods in Pakistan. It was established in 1956, in technical collaboration with M/s AEG of Germany.

OVERVIEW (September 03, 2010): Meezan Bank Limited (MEBL) is a publicly listed company, first incorporated on January 27, 1997. It is pioneers of Islamic banking in Pakistan and started its operations from March 2002. It started operations as an investment bank in August of the same year. In January, 2002 in an historic initiative, Meezan Bank was granted the Nations first full-fledged commercial banking license dedicated to Islamic Banking, by the State Bank of Pakistan.

OVERVIEW (September 02, 2010): Pakistan Services Limited, is an international public company, incorporated in 1958 in Karachi under the Companies Act, 1913 now Companies Ordinance, 1984 as a public limited company and is quoted on Karachi Stock Exchange. The company is principally engaged in hotel business and owns and operates the chain of 6 Pearl Continental Hotels in Pakistan, at Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Bhurban and Muzzaffarabad.

OVERVIEW (September 01, 2010): New Jubilee Insurance was established in 1953. It is listed on Karachi and Lahore stock exchanges. Major shareholders include Aga Khan Fund for Economics Development and Hashoo Group.

OVERVIEW (August 31, 2010): Colgate-Palmolive (Pakistan) Limited is a Pakistan-based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of detergents, surface care and oral care products. Formerly it was known as National Detergents Limited. Later it was incorporated in 1977 and is based in Karachi, Pakistan.

OVERVIEW (August 30, 2010): Habib Sugar Mills Limited was incorporated as a public limited company in 1962 and is headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. Its plant is located at Nawabshah, 300 kilometers northeast of Karachi.