Pakistan Tobacco Company

Pakistan Tobacco Company
	Pakistan Tobacco Company factory in Jhelum
Native name	پاکستان تمباکو کمپنی لمیٹڈ
Type	Public
Traded as	PSX: PAKT
Industry	Tobacco
Founded	October 1947
Headquarters	Islamabad, Pakistan
Products	Cigarettes
Revenue	Rs. 125 billion
Number of employees	1237
Parent	British American Tobacco
Website	ptc.com.pk

32°58′36″N 73°41′13″E

Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited (پاکستان تمباکو کمپنی لمیٹڈ) is a Pakistani tobacco manufacturing company which is a subsidiary of British American Tobacco.[1] It is headquartered in Islamabad, Pakistan and is the biggest cigarette maker in Pakistan. It has two factories which are located in Akora Khattak (which is near Nowshera), and Jhelum.

History

The company was incorporated in 1947 immediately after independence, when it took over the business of the Imperial Tobacco Company of British India which had been operational in the South Asia since 1905.[2]

It has evolved from being just a single factory operation to a company which is involved in every aspect of cigarette production, from tobacco cultivation to packaging. Over one million people are economically dependent on the industry in Pakistan.

BPO hub

Pakistan Tobacco Company will establish its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) hub in Pakistan, which will serve the Asia Pacific and Middle East region. The hub will serve in parallel to the BPO hub in Malaysia. The company already had a BPO hub in Romania and Costa Rica.[3][4][5][6]

Factories

The company operates two factories in following cities:

References

"Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited". April 16, 2019.
Hussain, Dilawar (October 10, 2002). "Pakistan Tobacco Company: CORPORATE PROFILE". DAWN.COM.
Ahmed, Ali (2020-12-17). "Pakistan Tobacco Company to establish BPO hub, will generate thousands of jobs". Brecorder. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
"British American Tobacco shifting key business to Pakistan". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
TLTP (2020-12-17). "'PTC to set up BPO hub for Asia Pacific, Middle East in Pakistan'". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
Paracha, Shahzad (2020-12-23). "British American Tobacco to set up business services hub in Pakistan". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 2020-12-24.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited". April 16, 2019.

[2] Hussain, Dilawar (October 10, 2002). "Pakistan Tobacco Company: CORPORATE PROFILE". DAWN.COM.

[3] Ahmed, Ali (2020-12-17). "Pakistan Tobacco Company to establish BPO hub, will generate thousands of jobs". Brecorder. Retrieved 2020-12-24.

[4] "British American Tobacco shifting key business to Pakistan". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-12-24.

[5] TLTP (2020-12-17). "'PTC to set up BPO hub for Asia Pacific, Middle East in Pakistan'". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 2020-12-24.

[6] Paracha, Shahzad (2020-12-23). "British American Tobacco to set up business services hub in Pakistan". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 2020-12-24.