National Fertilizer Corporation

National Fertilizer Corporation of Pakistan (known as NFC) is a government owned corporation based in Lahore. It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Industries and Production (Pakistan).

History

It was established by the Government of Pakistan in August 1973 to start the Fertilizer Industry in Pakistan.

Syed Babar Ali Chief Executive Officer Packages Limited was the first Chairman of National Fertilizer Corporation appointed by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto the then Prime Minister of Pakistan. He did not draw any salary, against his services, during his tenure as Chairman. Mr. F. S. Aijazuddin remained as First General Manager Personnel & Administration at NFC who was later appointed as Principal Aitchison College Lahore Pakistan

Riaz Bukhari, Ahmad Maqbool Shah, Zahur Ahmad Khan, Lt. General Agha Nek Muhammad, Major General Ijaz Amjad, Major General Mohammad Mohsin, Major General Zafar Abbas, Malik Khalid, Rizwan Mumtaz, Shahid Amin, Shafqat ur Rahman Ranjha, Arif Ibrahim, Khizar Hayat Khan and Umar Saeed also remained Chairmen of NFC. Secretary Industries & Production Govt. of Pakistan is the Chief Principal Officer of NFC.

During the period of 1991 to 2008, under the Government Privatization Policy, all the Fertilizer Plants were Privatized.

Founder Chairman

• Syed Babar Ali

Chief Executive Officer

• Sarah Aslam

General Manager

• Aamer Hussain.

Company Secretary

• Faisal Sultan.

Senior Manager

• Jawad Afzal Chaudhry.

Former subsidiaries

• Pak-China Fertilizers, Haripur Hazara
• Pak-Saudi Fertilizers, Mirpur Mathelo
• Pak-Arab Fertilizers, Multan
• Pak-American Fertilizers, Daudkhel
• National Fertilizer Marketing Ltd. Lahore,
• Lyallpur Chemicals, Jaranwala
• Hazara Phosphate, Haripur

Research institutions established by NFC

For research purpose and to train workforce, it established two academic and one research institutes.

Academic institutes are:

• NFC Institute of Engineering and Technology, Multan
• NFC Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research, Faisalabad

and one research institute is:

• National Fertilizer Marketing Limited, Lahore

References

External links

• Official website
• Ministry of Industries & Production, Government of Pakistan