Pak-Arab Fertilisers (Private) Limited is 52 percent GOP (though National Fertiliser Corporation) owned company, located at Khanewal, Road, Multan in the Punjab Province.
International Petroleum Investment Company of UAE (IPIC) owns the balance 48 percent shares.
The company was incorporated in 1973 with a paid-up capital of Rs 743.061 million. PFL is the largest fertiliser complex in Pakistan and the only factory producing Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) and Nitro-phosphate (NP) commonly known as compound fertiliser.
Raw materials for manufacturing of the fertilisers are natural gas supplied by Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited through its transmission network and rock phosphate imported form Jordan/Morocco.
The project is located at Khanewal Road, Multan. The site area comprises approximately 302 acres, which includes area for the factory and the housing colony, which is owned by the company.
The company produces Nitro-Phosphate (NP), Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) and Urea. The annual capacities of the products are Ammonia 316,800 metric tonnes,
Nitric acid 455,400 metric tonnes, Nitrophosphate 304,500 metric tonnes, Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 450,400 metric tonnes, Nitrophosphate 304,500 metric tonnes, Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 450,000 metric tonnes and Urea 92,400 metric tonnes.
Currently the company's products are being marketed through the National Fertiliser Marketing Limited (NFML), a government owned company responsible for marketing the fertiliser production of all the government owned fertiliser manufacturing units.
The fertiliser sector offers strong opportunities for further development by private sector entrepreneurs. The plant is operating at excellent efficiency levels, which are, on the average, above the installed capacity. All the plants are in sound condition and have been supplied by renowned suppliers.