KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday distributed awards among 46 companies that made it to the Pakistan Stock Exchange Top-25 ranking in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Fauji Fertilizer Company, Arif Habib, Atlas Honda, Archroma Pakistan, Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan and United Bank Ltd were the six top most companies that made it to the Top-25 in all the three years.

The PSE Top 25 Companies Awards Ceremony was held at Governor House.

Among all others, 17 companies stood out during two of the three years. They were Al-Ghazi Tractors, Millat Tractors, Lucky Cement, International Industries and International Steels, Engro Fertilizers, The Hub Power Company, Security Papers, Indus Motor Company, MCB Bank, Pakistan International Container Terminal, Nestle Pakistan, Habib Bank, Shifa International Hospital, Meezan Bank, Atlas Battery and Bank Al-Habib.

In all, 23 companies bagged the award for being on the top in one of the three years which were evaluated. The companies were Murree Brewery Company, Engro Corpora­tion, Dawood Hercules Corporation, IGI Hol­dings, Pakistan Oilfields, Gadoon Textile Mills, Biafo Industries, ICI Pakistan, Attock Petroleum, Unilever Pakistan Foods, Golden Arrow Selected Stocks Fund, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines, Kohinoor Energy, Kohinoor Tex­tile Mills, Mari Petroleum Company, Cre­scent Steel and Allied Products, JDW Sugar Mills, Habib Metropolitan Bank, Cherat Packaging, Ferozsons Laboratories, Allied Bank, Rafhan Maize Products Company and Jubilee Life Insurance Company.

Published in Dawn, December 28th, 2019

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