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Adamjee Group

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Conglomerate company in Karachi, Pakistan

Adamjee Group (Urdu pronunciation: AH-dum-jee) is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. The group was previously headed by Sir Adamjee Haji Dawood. As of 2007, it is unofficially estimated that the owners of Adamjee Group are among the top 40 wealthiest families in Pakistan.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Adamjee Group (Urdu pronunciation: [ˈaː.dəm.dʒiː] AH-dum-jee) is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. The group was previously headed by Sir Adamjee Haji Dawood.2

The story

Founded by Adamjee Haji Dawood in 1947.1

Adamjee Group was founded by Haji Dawood in 1896. The family holding company was formally registered as Adamjee Sons, Ltd. in Pakistan. In 1964, Time described Gul Mohamed Adamjee as the jute king of Pakistan. Initially originating as a jute and banking conglomerate, Adamjee later spread to other industries such as tea, textiles, matches, sugar, paper board, chemicals, engineering and insurance.

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Leadership

Who has led Adamjee Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

Enterprises under the umbrella of the group are:

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Matual Trading Co.

Adamjee Pharmaceuticals

Coastal Enterprises

Adamjee Diesel Engineering

Pacific Multi Products

Adamjee Engineering

Chempro Pakistan

Enesel Industries

Sahara Buying Services

Adamjee Automotive

Adamjee Polymers Company

Adamjee Durabuilt

Adamjee Corporation

East Pakistan

Former enterprises which were based in East Pakistan are:

Jute

Adamjee Jute Mills

Jute Fibers Ltd.

R. Sim & Co. (operated jute presses)

Sugar

National Sugar Mills

Textile

Orient Textile Mills Ltd.

Meghna Textile Mills Ltd.

Khulna Textile Mills Ltd.

Tea

National Tea Company Limited (now owned by the Bangladeshi government)

Aroma Tea Ltd.

Patrakola Tea Company Ltd.

Adamjee Tea Gardens Ltd.

Cement

Assam-Bengal Cement Company Ltd.

Insurance

Adamjee Insurance Ltd.

Other

Dhaka Vegetable Oil Mills Ltd.

National Tubes Limited

Dacca Tobacco Industries Ltd. (nationalised in 1972, later acquired by Akij Group, then sold to Japan Tobacco International)

Gammon East Pakistan Ltd. (a civil engineering and construction firm)

Premier Laminations Ltd.(a company that produced polyethylene bags)

Star Particle Board Mills Ltd. (now owned by Partex Group)

Adamjee Sons Ltd. (A holding company which owned the shares of the group's subsidiaries along with properties, tea gardens, and stock in other corporations on behalf of the Adamjee family. It was nationalized by the Government of Bangladesh in 1971 and continues to be run as a state-owned enterprise today.)

West Pakistan

Adamjee Insurance, sold to Nishat Group in 2004

Muslim Commercial Bank (nationalized in 1972 under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and were compensated by the government)

Orient Airways (became PIA in 1955)

Adamjee Industries

Adamjee Sugar Mills in Mianwali, sold to Fecto Group in 1975

Adamjee Paper and Board Mills in Nowshera

DDT Factory in Nowshera, factory closed in 1994

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Timeline

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