Sultan Ali Lakhani

Currently the Chief Executive of Century Publications (Pvt. Ltd), Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Express and Express News Channel (Pvt. Ltd) Sultan Ali Lakhani is one of the richest Memon in Pakistan. He graduated (BA) in Economics from Karachi University.

Sultan Ali is Honorary Consul General of Mexico in Pakistan and Advisor to the Century Insurance Company Limited. He was elected Member of the Senate (Upper House) of Pakistan from 1987 to 1994. He is the joint owner of Lakson Group and CEO of Express Media Group, Pakistan’s second largest media group.

Express is part of the Lakson Group of which Sultan Lakhani was Chairman untill 1988. In August 2011, Sultan Ali Lakhani received the HILAL-I-IMTIAZ, Pakistan’s second highest civilian award, for public service from the President of Pakistan.

Lakson was established in 1954 by Sultan Lakhani's father, Hassanali Karabhai, and is one of the largest and most diversified business groups in Pakistan. Today the Lakhani family manages and owns companies that are industry leaders in their respective sectors including consumer non-durables, fast food, financial services, media, surgical instruments, technology, textiles and travel. Lakson’s brands include Colgate-Palmolive (Pakistan), Cyber.Net, Clover, Express News, McDonald’s (Pakistan) and Tetley (Pakistan).