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The Hashoo Group was established in 1960 by Saddaruddin Hashwani

Saddaruddin Hashwani

Sadruddin Hashwani is the Chairman of Hashoo Group . He is Ismaili Nizari Muslim by faith. Today, ‘Hashoo Group’ is one of the most diversified industrial groups in Pakistan with interests across tourism, travel, real-estate development, pharmaceuticals, IT, and oil and gas...

and is one of the larger conglomorates in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. The Hashoo Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. The Hashoo Group business in cotton trading, hospitality, oil and gas exploration and production, information technology, investments, minerals, ceramics pharmaceuticals, travel and tourism, real estate and commodity trading businesses.

The Hashoo Group of Companies includes the Pearl Continental Hotel

Pearl Continental Hotel

Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts, often abbreviated as PC, is a hotel chain in Pakistan. The chain has locations in Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Gwadar, Faisalabad, Bhurban, and Muzaffarabad...

s, Marriott Hotels, and Orient Petroleum International.

Hotels and resorts

Pakistan Services Limited
Hashwani Hotels Limited
Hashoo Motels
Hotel One by Pearl Contintental
Hotel One by Pearl Contintental1

Tours and travels

Pearl Tours & Travels (Pvt) Limited
TransAir Travels (Pvt) Limited
Destinations of the World - Pakistan

Real estate and developers

Hashoo (Private) Limited
Associated Builders (Pvt) Limited
Murtaza Construction Company (Pvt) Limited

Trading companies

Hashoo International (Pvt) Limited
Hasan Ali & Company (Pvt) Limited
Genesis Trading (Pvt) Limited

Pakistan Mariott Hotel bombing

On September 20, 2008, a Hashoo Group-owned hotel in Pakistan

Pakistan

's capital Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

was bombed when a suicide attacker with an explosive-laden truck detonated the explosives, killing at least 53 people and injuring no less than 266, including foreign guests. The explosion, a truck bomb heard 30 km (18.6 mi) away in Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...

, occurred at 7:40 P.M. PDT

Pakistan Standard Time

Pakistan Time is the time zone for Pakistan. It is 5 hours ahead of GMT/UTC .The only tz database zone is Asia/Karachi.-History:The current Pakistan time was set up at midnight between 29 September and 30 1951...

, just hours after newly elected President

President of Pakistan

The President of Pakistan is the head of state, as well as figurehead, of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Recently passed an XVIII Amendment , Pakistan has a parliamentary democratic system of government. According to the Constitution, the President is chosen by the Electoral College to serve a...

Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party . He is also the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who served two nonconsecutive terms as Prime Minister....

addressed Parliament, promising to destroy terrorism in the country. On 23 September, Sadruddin Hashwani promised to reopen the hotel on 31 December 2008, which would be accompanied by a celebration. In line with his promise, the hotel was reopened before the end of 2008.

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