Nishat Group
Pakistani multinational conglomerate company which was founded by Pakistani business magnate Mian Muhammad Mansha
Nishat Group (Urdu pronunciation: [nɪʃaːt̪]) is a group of companies headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. It was founded in 1951. Mian Muhammad Mansha is the current chairman of the group.
At least eleven of Nishat Group's subsidiaries are listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.
History
Nishat Group's origins go back to a leather business in Calcutta, British India, established by Mian Muhammad Yahya. Following the partition of India in 1947, Mian Muhammad Yahya and his three brothers, Mian Hameed, Mian Rafiq, and Mian Ayub, founded Nishat Mills in Pakistan in 1951. The name "Nishat" was pre-assigned to the textile license they acquired and was not chosen by the founders.
Mian Muhammad Mansha joined the family business in 1968 after the death of his father, Mian Muhammad Yahya. By 1970, the Nishat Group had expanded to include six industrial units in West Pakistan: Nishat Corporation, Nishat Sarhad Textile, Nishat Textile Faisalabad, Nishat Chemical Industries, Nishat Poultry, and Creamy Industries Nowshera. The group also had investments in East Pakistan prior to the independence of Bangladesh, including Nishat Jute Mills, Qadiryah Textile Mills, Telgin Cotton Mills, and Chemical Industries of Pakistan.
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