Sachal Food Processing (Pvt.) Limited
| Owner(s) | Mr. Abdul Karim Qureshi, Mr. Zafar Hasan Bakhtiari |
| Nature of the Project | Dates De-hydration, Processing and Storage Unit |
| Project Location | Khairpur Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) |
| No. of Employees (direct & indirect) | 25 (50) |
| Project Size | PKR 200 Million |
| Bank | Pak Brunei Investment Company Limited |
Project Overview
Sachal Food Processing (Pvt.) Limited is a modern date processing unit along with a cold store facility. The project will drastically improve the traditional dates’ dehydration practice of spreading out dates in an open field for 6 full days to only 6-8 hours. It has adopted international food safety and handling practices to improve the quality of the product. The capacity of this plant is around 200 tons per month (26 working days). The plant is envisioned to produce 8 tons of processed dates per day.
SEDF’s Assistance
The project has installed a cold storage unit with maximum capacity of 1,800 tons. It is situated on 6 acres of land at Khairpur Special Economic Zone (KSEZ). This project has introduce popular varieties like Medjool, Duglat Noor and others at a large scale and train the farmers on improved farm practices.
