Address 9th
Floor, AWT Plaza The Mall
City Rawalpindi
Phone +92-51 9271949 / 9271959 / 9273602-03
Fax: +92-51
9272412 / 9270476
Company profile
Askari Cement Ltd is successor of associated Cement
Company. The first cement plant in the area now constituting Pakistan.
The first plant was set up by famous bombay based Indian company
(Associated Cement company) in 1921 with rated capacity of 120 tones
per day. First major expansion was made in 1936 when a kiln of the
capacity of 250 tones per day was added followed by enhancement by 300
tonnes per day in 1950. In 1970 another kiln of 600 tones daily was
erected. In 1972 the company was nationalized and put under control of
State Cement Corporation of Pakistan in 1974. In 1991 name of the
plant was changed to Wah Cement Company. In 1994 the whole old
structure and machinery was scrapped prior to start the latest state
of the art - FLS Dry process Plant which was privatized by the Govt.
of Pakistan and acquired by Army Welfare trust (AWT) in 1996
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