Fauji Foundation (Urdu: فوجی فاؤنڈیشن), (lit. Soldier Foundation), (also known as Fauji Group) is a Pakistani conglomerates company which is active in fertilizer, cement, food, power generation, gas exploration, LPG marketing and distribution, financial services, and security services. The word "Fauji" ("فوجی") is an Arabic loanword that means "soldier" and the company was set up in order to provide employment opportunities to Pakistani ex-military personnel and to generate funds for the welfare of widows, and families of martyrs.^[3]

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Fauji Foundation

Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Headquarters	Rawalpindi-46200, Pakistan
Key people	Lt Gen (R) Anwar Ali Hyder (Managing Director and CEO)
Net income	US$1.671 billion (2017)[1]
Total assets	Rs. 495 billion (US$4 billion) (2018)[2]
Subsidiaries	Fauji Foods Askari Bank Fauji Fertilizer Company
Website	www.fauji.org.pk

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Fauji Foundation was established as a charitable trust in 1954,^[4] and operating on a completely self-sustaining basis, channels approximately 80% of the profits from commercial ventures into social protection programmes that serve a beneficiary population representing approximately 7% of the country's population.^{[citation needed]}

Spending more than Rs. 23.8 billion since inception on welfare, the Foundation provides services in the areas of healthcare, education, educational stipends, technical and vocational training.^[4]

Between 2011 and 2015, the foundation assets grew 78 percent.^[5]

A 2017 study found that 33 of a group of 141 former Pakistan Armed Forces corps commanders, or 23.4%, were given jobs by the Foundation after their retirement from the military. At any one time, as many as seven former corps commanders serve as either the managing directors of the Fauji Foundation or the Army Welfare Trust or as managing directors of subsidiaries with personnel in these positions rotated out every three years. The study says the Foundation plays a valuable rôle in preventing retired senior officers from intervening in the activities of serving officers and from entering electoral politics.^[6]

The Fauji Foundation medical system began with the establishment of a 50-bed TB hospital in 1959 at Rawalpindi. Today, the Fauji Foundation medical system is the largest medical chain outside the Government sector, spread all over Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

On health care, Fauji Foundation spends over 58% of the welfare budget. Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi and Fauji Foundation Hospital Lahore are well funded hospitals of Fauji Foundation.^[30] It is run by former officers of Pakistani Armed Forces.^{[citation needed]}

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With over 100 branches spread from Karachi to Gilgit having approximately 45,000 students, 2000 teachers and over 1100 administrative staff, the Fauji Foundation Education system is amongst the largest education systems in the country.^{[31] [32]}The Fauji Foundation's education system aims to provide education to the children of ex- armed forces personnel, as well as to civilians. ^[32]

The headquarters of Fauji Foundation is in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. ^[33]FFES is affiliated with the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE), Islamabad and Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rawalpindi as well.^[34] There are 102 schools (FF model schools) in Pakistan. The Fauji Foundation Colleges For Boys and Girls are located in New Lalazar, Rawalpindi.^[35]

• Foundation University Medical College, Rawalpindi^[36]
• Foundation University, Islamabad^[37]
• Fauji Foundation College ,Talagang
• Fauji Foundation College, Rawalpindi^[38]

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