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.

OVERVIEW (August 28, 2010): The year 2009 closed one chapter of Engro's history. At the end of year 2009, Engro Chemical Pakistan Limited demerged and transferred its core business into a new subsidiary, Engro Fertilizers Limited.

OVERVIEW (August 27, 2010): The agriculture sector of Pakistan depicted a growth of 4.7% in 2009 as compared to 1.1% witnessed last year. Consequently, fertilizer demand in Pakistan increased substantially as compared to last year; urea in particular witnessed 18% year on year growth during the year ended 2009.

OVERVIEW (August 26, 2010): United Bank Limited, together with its subsidiaries, offers commercial banking and related services in the United States, Pakistan, Europe, and the Middle East. The company operates in corporate finance, trading and sales, retail banking, commercial banking, and asset management segments. It operates 1,119 branches, including 5 Islamic banking branches, a branch in Karachi Export Processing Zone, and 17 branches outside Pakistan. The bank was established in 1959 and is headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan.

OVERVIEW (August 25, 2010): Shell Pakistan enjoys a 100-year history in this part of the world, dating back to 1899, when Asiatic Petroleum, the Far-eastern marketing arm of two companies: Shell Transport Company and Royal Dutch Petroleum Company began to import kerosene oil from Azerbaijan into the sub-continent.

OVERVIEW (August 24, 2010): HBL was the first commercial bank established in Pakistan in 1947. Over the years, the bank has expanded its branch network and has become the largest private retail bank in terms of branches and deposits. Its customer base currently exceeds five million.