Type Consumer Goods Area served 63 regions
9 zones Founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Number of employees 14,500 | Genre Commercial Headquarters Islamabad, Pakistan Founded 1973 Number of locations 5,491 outlets | |
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Predecessor Staff Welfare Organization Stores Key people Jamal Mustafa Siddique (Chairman, Board of Directors), Products Biscuits
Ketchups
Toothpaste
Utility Ghee/Oil Parent organization Ministry of Industries and Production | ||
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Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan (USC or USCP) is a Pakistani State-owned enterprise that operates chain stores throughout the country that provide basic commodities to the general public at rates which are lower than the open market. Utility Stores Corporation is governed by a Board of Directors and headed by a Managing Director. The current Managing Director is Gulzar Hussain Shah, who took the charge of Managing Director USC on 30 March 2016. Upon taking over the charge as MD, he has speed up the process of moderinizing of the Utility Stores and taking steps towards modern consumer and retailer methods.
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History
Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan was formed in 1971 by taking over 20 retail outlets from Staff Welfare Organization. It was created by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The organization have seen many ups and downs in its 40 years history. In 2001, the Corporation was nearly on the verge of collapse but due to vast expansion plan designed by its former Managing Director, a retired Brigadier from Pakistan Army, Hafeez Ahmed, the Corporation has inclined its operations, infrastructure, employment and vision. Brigadeer Hafeez left the Corporation on 19 September 2008 and a DMG Officer Mr. Muhammad Arif Khan took the charge of the Corporation. During his tenure, Muhammad Arif Khan took step towards imaging the Corporation as a modern retail chain stores by improving its network in urban areas. He focused on opening of Super Markets and Mini Markets which helped achieved targets. Muhammad Arif Khan was replaced by Mr. Sultan Mahmood as acting Managing Director in June 2011. In November 2011 Major General Malik Muhammad Farooq (Retd) took the charge as Managing Director. General Farooq brought the experience of managing Canteen Stores Department, any army created network of consumer items. General Farooq continued to modernize the Corporation and lifted the sales of branded items of national and multinational companies. He opened a number of super markets and mini markets on modern standards. In August 2014 Mr. Khaqan Murtaza was appointed Managing Director of the Corporation. During his period who took steps to remove corrupt officials and made the disciplinary issues his priority. In March 2016 Mr. Gulzar Hussain Shah, an Officer of Pakistan Administrative Services took the charge of Managing Director. After taking the charge, he has accelerated efforts to computerize the operations and functions of USC. Due to manual operations of the organization, and undetected discrepancies generated by its manual functions, the performance of organization is facing steep incline.
Organization
Utility Stores Corporation is a semi-autonomous Corporation which is controlled by a Board of Directors consisting of eight Members. It comes under the administrative Management of the Ministry of Industries & Production. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is an independent private executive. There is one member selected from the Ministry of Industries & Production. The Managing Director of Utility Stores Corporation is also a member of the Board. Two other members are selected from a public sector organization and one from the private sector.
The corporation's Head Office is situated in Islamabad. The Managing Director is the executive authority of the organization, and he is assisted by a hierarchy of Management Offiers who assist the Managing Director in different departments. The main departments in Head Office are Merchandize & Buying (M&B), Procurement, Projects, HR&A, Finance, Franchise, Vigilance, Store Operation & Sales (SO&S), Insurance, IT and Audit.
Field Network
Utility Stores Corporation operated nine zonal offices all over Pakistan. These nine zonal offices are further operating 65 regions under their jurisdiction: