Cowasjee family

Cowasjee family

The Cowasjee family is one of the oldest families settled in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. They own the Cowasjee Group, the oldest shipping company in Pakistan, established in 1883. Ardeshir Cowasjee is the chairman of the group and patriarch of the family. The Cowasjees are a Parsi Zoroastrian family.

They were owners of East & West Steamship Company (1947 - 1974)


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