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Makro Habib Pakistan also had five stores, with three in Karachi and two in Lahore. [4] In 2015, a new Metro store was opened in Faisalabad, Punjab. Two years later, it was named as the best place to work in Pakistan. [22] In 2020, Metro expanded further with opening of a new store in Multan, Punjab. [23] [24]
Makro had also expanded to the United States in the mid-1980s. In 1989, Kmart bought the US locations, [2] and converted most of them to Pace Warehouse in 1990. Makro expanded to Asia with its first store in Thailand in 1989. Operating as Siam Makro, the company is a joint venture between Charoen Pokphand and SHV Holdings. In 1994, Siam Makro ...
Karachi: Banking [2] 7: Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan: Rs. 364.96 billion (US$1.3 billion) Karachi: Fast-moving consumer goods [2] 8: Pakistan Tobacco Company: Rs. 340.26 billion (US$1.2 billion) Islamabad: Tobacco [2] 9: Nestlé Pakistan: Rs. 337.85 billion (US$1.2 billion) Lahore: Fast-moving consumer goods [2] 10: MCB Bank: Rs. 333.36 billion ...
Pakistan and its two largest city economies. Source: [1] As of 2019, Lahore had an estimated GDP of $84 billion. [2] [3] As of 2008, the city's gross domestic product (GDP) by purchasing power parity (PPP) was estimated at $40 billion (projected to be $102 billion by the year 2025, with a slightly higher growth rate of 5.6% per annum, as compared to Karachi's 5.5%).
In line with its status as a major port and the country's largest metropolis, it accounts for most of Pakistan's revenue generation. According to the Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue's 2006-2007 year-book, tax and customs units in Karachi were responsible for 70.75% of direct taxes, 33.65% of federal excise tax, and 23.38% of domestic sales tax. [3]
According to the contract between the two parties, the Four Brothers Group had to pay Rs. 3.1 million to Pakistan Railways for each trip between Lahore and Karachi. [8] The private company provided modern facilities like LCD TVs, Wi-Fi, Internet, water dispensers, and lavish food on trains for the first time in Pakistan. [9]
This is a list of metropolitan areas in Pakistan. These metropolitan areas are home to about 20% of the population or about 46 million Pakistanis. Every Pakistani city with a population of 500,000 or more is considered a metropolitan area. This list is according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan. [1] [2] [3]
This is on par with Karachi, Pakistan's economic hub, with Lahore (having half the population) fostering an economy that is 51% of the size of Karachi's ($78 billion in 2008). [179] It is estimated that Lahore contributes 11.5% to the national economy, and 19% to the provincial economy of Punjab. [ 180 ]