Malik Riaz

This article is about the Pakistani business magnate. For the first governor of the Balochistan province of Pakistan, see Riaz Hussain (politician).

Malik Riaz
Born (1954-02-08) February 8, 1954
Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
OccupationsFounder of Bahria Town and Defence Housing Authority
Organization(s)Bahria Town
Defence Housing Authority
SpouseBeena Riaz
Children5

Malik Riaz Hussain (Urdu: ملک ریاض حسین; born February 8, 1954) is a Pakistani businessman, philanthropist and real estate tycoon who is the founder and chairman of Bahria Town and Defence Housing Authority, two of the largest privately owned real estate development companies in Asia.

Riaz leads a vast real estate empire, developing large-scale, master-planned gated communities such as Bahria Town Karachi, Bahria Town Lahore, and Bahria Town Islamabad and Rawalpindi and Defence Housing Authority, Karachi.

He has also financed the construction of some of Pakistan's largest mosques including the Grand Jamia Mosque in Lahore, the Lal Masjid in Islamabad and the Grand Jamia Mosque in Karachi, which is projected to become the world's third-largest mosque upon completion.

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