Bulk LPG, imported and delivered to a dependable schedule.
AlRaaziCo (Private) Limited imports LPG in bulk for commercial buyers across Pakistan. Sourcing, shipping, clearance and handover are managed end to end by a single company.
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We supply propane, butane, and propane-butane mixes blended to the ratio a buyer requires. This includes 40/60, the ratio approved by OGRA for the Pakistani market, as well as 50/50, 70/30 and 30/70. The gas meets standard commercial specifications and is suitable for household, commercial and industrial use.
Our programme runs on bulk cargoes on a monthly cycle, sized against committed orders and scaled upward as demand grows. We buy in two ways: standing agreements with suppliers that keep the monthly programme steady, and one-off purchases where a customer requires a large quantity at short notice.
Before any cargo is loaded, an independent inspection company verifies the quality and the quantity and issues certificates. Those certificates travel with the shipment, and the gas is tested again on arrival in Pakistan as the authorities require.
We buy the gas at the loading port and arrange the vessel ourselves. Where a supplier will deliver to Pakistan on sensible terms we will take that, but we plan on the basis that the voyage is our responsibility — and we carry the cargo insurance in either case.
On arrival we handle the import documentation, customs and duty, the port requirements and the banking side. Discharge is at Karachi or Port Qasim, whichever suits the cargo and the buyer.
Why this matters: the most common reason an LPG payment is held up is an error in the documentation. We prepare and check those documents ourselves rather than leaving them to an agent.
From a confirmed order to arrival at port is ordinarily five to seven days. The monthly shipping schedule is published in advance so that buyers can plan against it. Timing remains subject to weather, vessel availability, port conditions and other delays outside our control.
We sell in bulk only. Ordinarily a full cargo is allocated against orders confirmed before the vessel sails. Quantities are negotiable provided the amount is genuinely large.
Handover takes place at the port terminal, once customs duties have been paid and inspection is complete. The gas can be held in terminal storage at the port, and title passes to the buyer there. Onward transport from the port to a buyer's own facility is a further service we can arrange where it is required.
Prices follow the international market. In practice we quote at or near the prevailing rate, with room to move depending on the size of the order and the terms secured from the supplier. Where we buy better, the buyer sees it.
We do not sell to households and we do not fill or distribute cylinders.
Pakistan imported around 1.5 million tonnes of LPG last financial year. The target for the year ahead is higher still.
Domestic production has grown, but covers well under half of what the country consumes. The balance arrives by sea and by land. That gap is the market this company was formed to serve.
The basics, in plain terms
LPG stands for liquefied petroleum gas. It is mostly propane, butane, or a mix of the two. Under modest pressure it turns to liquid, which is what makes it easy to store in tanks and move by ship, truck or cylinder — a large amount of energy in a small space.
It burns cleanly, lights instantly, and works the same whether it is piped into a factory or fed to a household stove.
Roughly three-fifths of the world's LPG is separated out during the extraction of natural gas and oil. The remaining two-fifths is produced when crude oil is refined. It is not manufactured for its own sake — it emerges from processes already under way, which is part of why it is so widely available.
Pakistan produces a significant quantity of its own, and that figure has been rising. It is not enough. Imported LPG makes up the difference, arriving both by sea and overland, and accounts for the larger share of national supply.
There are well over a thousand recorded uses. In Pakistan the largest is household cooking and heating, particularly in areas the natural gas network does not reach, and particularly in winter when demand climbs sharply.
Beyond the home it is used in food processing, glass and ceramics, textiles, metalworking, poultry and crop drying, hotels and restaurants, as a vehicle fuel, and for on-site power generation.
LPG burns far more cleanly than firewood, kerosene or coal. It produces almost no soot and much less carbon dioxide, which matters both for indoor air in the home and for air quality in cities.
It also acts as a buffer. When the natural gas network is under strain — as it is every winter — LPG is what keeps households cooking and small industry running. Demand is seasonal and sharp, which is exactly why supply that can be planned in advance is worth more than supply that turns up when it turns up.
Who we are
AlRaaziCo (Private) Limited is a Pakistani company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan. We import LPG in bulk for commercial buyers across the country.
Why the company exists
Pakistan's natural gas network no longer meets the country's requirements. Domestic reserves are in decline, new connections have been restricted for years, and the shortfall widens with every winter. For a substantial part of the population, and for much of small industry, LPG is no longer an alternative to piped gas. It is the default, and in many districts it is the only option available.
Domestic production has been rising, but still covers well under half of what the country consumes. The balance must be imported — roughly 1.5 million tonnes in the last financial year alone. Whether households are able to cook, and whether small industry is able to run, therefore depends directly on the reliability of imported supply — and that supply has been neither steady nor fairly priced.
The founders of this company have watched that shortage at close quarters, and regard it as an unacceptable state of affairs in an economy of this size. AlRaaziCo was formed to apply established supplier relationships and long trading experience directly to the problem: to bring LPG into the country in volume, on schedule, and at a price the market can sustain.
How we differ
Most of the LPG that reaches this market has passed through several hands before it arrives. Each takes a margin, and none is answerable for the whole. When a shipment arrives late, short, or below the standard promised, there is rarely a single party responsible for all of it.
We work differently. We buy direct from the supplier, arrange the vessel ourselves, and sell direct to the buyer. One company answers for the quality, the quantity, the documentation and the handover.
The experience behind the company
AlRaaziCo draws on more than a decade of experience importing and trading across Asia, the Gulf and Africa, with supplier relationships built up across several countries and trade worth over PKR 2 billion handled to date.
Alongside that sits twenty-six years of senior legal and project finance experience in the energy sector, covering transactions worth more than USD 10 billion in power, infrastructure and utilities.
To that is added commercial and legal capability at the operational level: contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, and the management of counterparty relationships. Considerable emphasis is placed on clear communication and constructive dealing — on identifying where a transaction is likely to run into difficulty and resolving it before it becomes a dispute, and on keeping relationships with suppliers and buyers workable over the long term rather than transaction by transaction.
The disciplines that govern a bulk LPG cargo are the disciplines this team has been applying to international trade for years: selecting the right supplier, moving goods across borders, getting the documentation right, and writing contracts that hold when something goes wrong.
AlRaaziCo is a solution-oriented company. Requirements differ considerably from one buyer to the next, and supply arrangements, quantities, delivery points and commercial terms are structured around what a customer actually needs rather than around a fixed template.
The principles we hold ourselves to
We deal with the supplier at one end and the buyer at the other. Nobody sits in between adding a margin that cannot be seen.
Quality, quantity, delivery point, payment terms and governing law are all agreed in writing before we commit to a shipment. Arguments after the fact are expensive for everybody.
We bring in gas against orders already confirmed, rather than importing on speculation and hunting for a buyer once it lands. That discipline is a large part of why we can price competitively.
We verify who we are dealing with, confirm the regulatory position and settle the banking arrangements at the outset of a transaction. It is slower at the beginning and considerably faster everywhere thereafter.
The people behind the company
Taqi Khan leads AlRaaziCo's international trade operations, bringing more than a decade of experience in import and export across markets in Asia, the Gulf and Africa. He has built and maintained a network of supplier and buyer relationships spanning several countries, and has overseen trade worth more than PKR 2 billion in total.
His work centres on finding supply, moving it across borders, choosing who to deal with, and structuring the commercial side of a transaction — turning a supply opportunity into steady, repeatable business.
Hasnain Naqvee is Senior Consultant at AlRaaziCo (Private) Limited and a Senior Partner at RIAA Barker Gillette, where he leads the firm's Lahore office. He has twenty-six years of experience in infrastructure, power, utilities and large-scale project finance, and has advised on transactions worth more than USD 10 billion.
He has acted for over forty independent power projects on structuring, financing and the negotiation of concession, power purchase, EPCC and O&M contracts, and negotiated settlements for forty-two projects during Pakistan's 2020 IPP restructuring. He advises the Pakistan Wind Power Association and counsels clients on privatisations, turnarounds and regulatory reform under the NEPRA and CTBCM frameworks. He previously served with the Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB), Government of Pakistan.
Ranked Band 1 by Chambers Asia-Pacific and recognised by The Legal 500 for Energy & Infrastructure, Hasnain holds an LL.B. and a B.A. from the University of the Punjab and completed a Business Finance course at the University of Cambridge. He writes on energy policy and economic reform for Business Recorder and The Friday Times.
Zain Naqvee holds an LL.B. from the University of London. Alongside his studies, he has been involved in managing a real-estate portfolio for family and friends valued at close to PKR 1 billion, covering property transactions, tenancy management, renovations and development.
At AlRaaziCo, Zain handles the company's legal and regulatory matters and works with the team on contracts, compliance and commercial decisions. His approach combines the legal considerations with the practical needs of the business.
He has a particular interest in communication, business, economics, psychology and the social sciences, which inform how he approaches new problems and business decisions. He also places importance on maintaining clear communication and constructive working relationships across the business.
The monthly programme
What we bring in, and on what terms.
- Cargo size
- Bulk, on a monthly cycle — indicatively 2,000 to 5,000 tonnes, sized against committed orders
- Products
- Propane, butane, and propane-butane mixes to a specified ratio (40/60, 50/50, 70/30, 30/70)
- Minimum order
- Negotiable — bulk quantities only
- Discharge ports
- Karachi, Port Qasim
- Lead time
- Around 5–7 days from confirmed order
- Pricing
- In line with the market, with room to move on larger orders
- Handover
- At the port terminal, following payment of customs duties and completion of inspection
- Onward transport
- Available on request, from the port to the buyer's facility
Delivery timing can be affected by weather, ship availability, port conditions and other delays outside our control.
Safety and compliance
LPG is a hazardous cargo and we treat it as one. Every shipment travels on vessels meeting international standards for gas carriers, and is unloaded at ports licensed to handle LPG.
Independent inspection before loading is compulsory on every cargo — we do not accept a supplier's own assessment of quality. Documentation is prepared to the standard a bank, an insurer or a regulator would expect to see, because in this business all three eventually ask.
We operate within the framework set by OGRA and the relevant federal authorities, and counterparties are verified before commitment rather than after.
Looking ahead
AlRaaziCo intends to grow from a trading operation into a fully integrated part of Pakistan's LPG supply chain.
In the near term that means building steady import volumes and long-term supply relationships with producers in West Asia.
Over time, we aim to invest in the storage and handling infrastructure the country still lacks — capacity that would let larger, cheaper cargoes reach Pakistan and bring more stable prices to the market.
Our ambition is simple: to make dependable, competitively priced LPG a permanent feature of the country's energy mix rather than a seasonal concern.
Enquiries
Please provide the quantity required, the delivery point and the timeframe, and we will respond with a price and terms.
- Business enquiries
- support@alraazico.com
- Telephone
- +92 311 786 0514
- Office
- AlRaaziCo (Private) Limited
Askari Corporate Tower, 75/76 D-1
Main Boulevard, Block D-1, Gulberg
Lahore, Pakistan