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{{Infobox company
| name = Pakistan Tobacco Company
| native_name = {{Nastaliq|پاکستان تنباکو کمپنی لمیٹڈ}}
| logo =  
| logo_size = 
| image = Pakistan Tobacco Company Jhelum.JPG
| image_caption = Pakistan Tobacco Company factory in [[Jhelum]]
| type = Public
| traded_as = {{karse|PAKT}}
| key_people = 
| industry = [[Tobacco industry|Tobacco]]
| products = [[Cigarettes]]
| revenue ={{increase}} {{PKR|125 billion}}
| num_employees = 1237 
| foundation = 
| location_city    = [[Islamabad]]
| location_country =[[Pakistan]]
| parent   = [[British American Tobacco]]
| homepage = {{url|http://www.ptc.com.pk/|ptc.com.pk}}
}}

'''Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited''' ({{Nastaliq|پاکستان تنباکو کمپنی لمیٹڈ}}) is a Pakistani tobacco manufacturing company which is a subsidiary of [[British American Tobacco]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fp.brecorder.com/2019/04/20190416464921/|title=Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited|date=April 16, 2019}}</ref> It is headquartered in [[Islamabad]], Pakistan and is the biggest cigarette maker in Pakistan. It has two factories which are located in [[Akora Khattak]] (which is near [[Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Nowshera]]), and [[Jhelum]].

==History==
The company was incorporated in 1947 immediately after independence, when it took over the business of the Imperial Tobacco Company of [[British Raj|British India]] which had been operational in the [[South Asia]] since 1905.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/60985|title=Pakistan Tobacco Company: CORPORATE PROFILE|first=Dilawar|last=Hussain|date=October 10, 2002|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref>

From being just a single [[factory]] operation to a [[company]] which is involved in every aspect of [[cigarette]] production, from [[tobacco]] cultivation to packaging we have evolved and grown with [[Pakistan]]. Over one [[1,000,000|million]] [[people]] are economically dependent on the industry in [[Pakistan]].

== BPO hub ==
Pakistan Tobacco Company will establish its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) hub in Pakistan, which will serve Asia Pacific and Middle East region. The hub will serve in parallel to BPO hub in Malaysia. The company has already has BPO hub in Romania and Costa Rica.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ahmed|first=Ali|date=2020-12-17|title=Pakistan Tobacco Company to establish BPO hub, will generate thousands of jobs|url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40042104|access-date=2020-12-24|website=Brecorder|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=British American Tobacco shifting key business to Pakistan|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/762846-british-american-tobacco-shifting-key-business-to-pakistan|access-date=2020-12-24|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=TLTP|date=2020-12-17|title='PTC to set up BPO hub for Asia Pacific, Middle East in Pakistan'|url=https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/12/17/ptc-to-set-up-bpo-hub-for-asia-pacific-middle-east-in-pakistan/|access-date=2020-12-24|website=Profit by Pakistan Today|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Paracha|first=Shahzad|date=2020-12-23|title=British American Tobacco to set up business services hub in Pakistan|url=https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/12/23/british-american-tobacco-to-set-up-business-services-hub-in-pakistan/|access-date=2020-12-24|website=Profit by Pakistan Today|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Factories==
The company operates two factories in following cities:
* [[Jhelum]]
* [[Akora Khattak]], [[Nowshera District|Nowshera]]

==See also==
* [[Tobacco industry in Pakistan]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|http://www.ptc.com.pk/}}
* [https://scstrade.com/stockscreening/SS_CompanySnapShot.aspx?symbol=PAKT%20-%20Pakistan%20Tobacco%20Company%20Ltd. Pakistan Tobacco Company detailed financials]

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[[Category:1947 establishments in Pakistan]]
[[Category:British American Tobacco]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1947]]
[[Category:Companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange]]
[[Category:Economy of Jhelum]]
[[Category:Tobacco companies of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Pakistani subsidiaries of foreign companies]]
[[Category:Companies based in Islamabad]]