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company for <strong>Pakistan</strong>'s first project to asseble radio and transistors. By 1970 he<br />

was managing director Fecto Limited, Fecto-Yamagen Electronics, Dacca Radio<br />

Electronics, Fecto Agencies Limited, Fecto Industries Limited adn Chaudri<br />

Overseas Fishing Limited. Fecto was distributor of radio, television, electronic<br />

appliances, agricultural implements, fertilizers, pig iron, automobiles and their<br />

parts.<br />

Fecto was working on a project to manufacture tractors and a nylon factory in<br />

1971 when it shifted its head office from East <strong>Pakistan</strong> to Karachi and acquired<br />

Adamjee Sugar Mills. However, in West <strong>Pakistan</strong>, the group dropped the name<br />

Adamjee and Ghulam Mohammad M Adamjee is now known as Ghulam<br />

Mohammad M Fecto.<br />

Nationalization stunted <strong>Pakistan</strong>'s economic growth in many ways but it was<br />

destined, by fault rather than by design, to contribute to the meteoric rise of<br />

Chanioti business community in <strong>Pakistan</strong>, particularly in Punjab. Farooq A<br />

Shaikh of Colony talked in detail how nationalization opened new opportunities<br />

for Punjab-based groups particularly Chiniotis to venture into areas, previously<br />

forbidden for them because of the monoply of the Memons. (See rise of<br />

Chiniotis)<br />

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