Misplaced Pages

National Fertilizer Corporation

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Pakistani governmental owned chemical company

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "National Fertilizer Corporation" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The National Fertilizer Corporation (NFC) is a state-owned enterprise headquartered in Lahore. It operates under the administrative oversight of the Ministry of Industries and Production, Government of Pakistan.

History

National Fertilizer Corporation was established by the Government of Pakistan in August 1973 to expand state's role in the fertilizer Industry of Pakistan. Syed Babar Ali served as the first chairman of National Fertilizer Corporation appointed by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto the then Prime Minister of Pakistan.

From 1991 to 2008, under the government's privatization policy, all the fertilizer plants were privatized.

Former subsidiaries

  • Pak-China Fertilizers, Haripur Hazara
  • Pak-Saudi Fertilizers, Mirpur Mathelo
  • Pak-Arab Fertilizers, Multan
  • Pak-American Fertilizers, Daudkhel
  • Lyallpur Chemicals, Jaranwala
  • Hazara Phosphate, Haripur

Research institutions established by NFC

For research purpose and to train workforce, it established two academic and one research institutes.

Academic institutes are:

and one research institute is:

  • National Fertilizer Marketing Limited, Lahore

References

  1. Zafar Bhutta (6 December 2020). "Govt to divest shares in four entities". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. Assurance to fertilizer dealers Dawn (newspaper), Published 4 May 2003, Retrieved 18 May 2021
  3. Abdul Salam (October 2012). "Review of Input and Output Policies for Cereals Production in Pakistan" (PDF). International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. "Pakistan's fertilizer subsidy conundrum". Profit by Pakistan Today. 15 August 2021.
  5. "FFC-Pak Saudi deal: an analysis". DAWN.COM. 15 April 2002.
  6. Andelman, David A. (31 July 1977). "A Pakistani Capitalist Runs a Nationalized Industry" – via NYTimes.com.
  7. "PAFL sell-off LoA issued to Ibrahim Fibres cancelled". DAWN.COM. 5 April 2006.
  8. "Lyallpur Chemicals". DAWN.COM. 10 February 2007.
  9. "Hazara Phosphate attracts highest bid of Rs1.34bn". DAWN.COM. 26 September 2008.
  10. Mushtaq Ghumman (24 October 2020). "Ministry says unable to implement SOE restructuring plan". Business Recorder (newspaper). Retrieved 18 May 2021.

External links

Ministry of Industries and Production
Minister: Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi
Departments
Ministries of the Federal Government of Pakistan
Stub icon

This Pakistani corporation or company article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: