Private company

Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts

Pakistan hotel chain

Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts (also abbreviated to PC Hotels) is a Pakistani hotel chain founded and operated by Pakistan Services Limited. It owns properties in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Bhurban, Muzaffarabad and Malam Jabba.² It was founded by Sadruddin Hashwani.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

HeadquartersPakistan¹
Websitewww.pchotels.com

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The story

Founded by Sadruddin Hashwani.¹

The first Pearl-Continental Hotel (Intercontinental Hotel at the time - part of an international chain) in Karachi was inaugurated by President Muhammad Ayub Khan on 10 May 1964 and was the first five-star hotel in Pakistan. It was a member of the Leading Hotels of the World for over a decade. A new hotel was built for Lahore and Rawalpindi in 1967 with another branch opening in Peshawar in 1975.

In 2021, Hashoo group also launched a chain of four-star hotels under the brand name PC Legacy. The PC Legacy Naran is functional and operating in Naran and another opened in Nasirabad, Hunza in 2023.

From Wikipedia’s article on Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.³

Leadership

Who has led Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderSadruddin Hashwani¹

Controversies and legal

Incidents

In 1971, when the Pearl-Continental (or Khyber Intercontinental at the time) construction was initiated in Peshawar, workers digging underground to form its foundation discovered old human, elephant and horse bones. Archaeologists discovered that the Hotel was the site of a battle between the armies of Mahmud of Ghazni and Jayapala in the Battle of Peshawar in the year 1001.

On 11 May 2019, at least eight people including four hotel employees, one soldier and three terrorists were killed in a terror attack targeting the Pearl Continental in Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan.

On Thursday night 26 May 2022, the roof of the 5-star property collapsed at Karachi's Pearl-Continental Hotel. According to the reports one person was killed and three others injured after the ceiling of the five-star hotel caved in on top of them. The incident occurred inside the Marco Polo Hall at the hotel where an event was under way.