title: Yousuf Dewan Companies
text: # Yousuf Dewan Companies
  
  The Yousuf Dewan Companies (YDC) (یوسف دیوان کمپنیز) is a conglomerate company based in Karachi, Pakistan. It is currently owned by the former Sindh Finance Minister Dewan Mohammad Yousuf Farooqui. It is previously known as Dewan Mushtaq Group.
  
  ## History
  
  The conglomerate was founded in 1912 as Sh Dewan Muhammad Mushtaq.
  
  ## Companies
  
  The group owns the following companies:
  
  ### Cement
  
  * Dewan Cement Limited
  * Pakland Cement, 1984
  
  Dewan Karachi Plant established in 1982 having total capacity of 5880 tons/day. Dewan Hattar Plant established in 1995 having total capacity 3780 tons/day. Yousuf Dewan Companies acquired the Pakland Cement Limited, Karachi and Saadi Cement Limited, Hattar on May 17, 2004. Dewan Hattar Cement Limited merged Dewan Cement Limited on 22-Oct-2007.
  
  ### Automotive
  
  * Dewan Motors Private Limited
  * Dewan Mushtaq Motor Company (Pvt.) Ltd.
  * Dewan Automotive Engineering Limited (defaulter)
  * Dewan Farooque Motors Limited (defaulter)
  * Daehan-Dewan Motor Company (Pvt.) Ltd.
  
  ### Textile
  
  * Dewan Textile Mills Limited (defaulter)
  * Dewan Khalid Textile Mills Limited (defaulter)
  * Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited (defaulter)
  * Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited (defaulter)
  * Dewan Salman Fibre Limited (defaulter)
  
  ### Sugar
  
  * Dewan Sugar Mills Limited (defaulter)
  
  ## Educational institutes
  
  The group owns the following educational institutes:
  
  * Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Dewan University
  