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Updated 19 August 2026
By scale and heritage, the top cable manufacturers in Pakistan are Pakistan Cables (Karachi, founded 1953, listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange), Fast Cables (Lahore), Newage Cables (Lahore), A.G.E. Cables (Peshawar, operating since 1968) and Universal Cables (Karachi, founded 1978) — followed by Allied Cables, GM Cables & Pipes and a tier of smaller factory brands, our own included.
This list is ordered by company scale and age, not by quality — no independent body ranks Pakistani cable brands, so any list that crowns one is marketing. It is also written by a cable company: Pilone Cables, a Lahore factory that sells direct. We appear at No. 8, with a visible disclosure saying exactly why.
Search this topic and every result is a numbered list published by a cable maker with itself at No. 1. We make cable too, so instead of pretending to be neutral we state the rules this page runs on. First: the order below reflects scale and heritage — company age, public record, footprint in the trade — because those things are checkable and quality claims are not. Second: nothing negative appears about anyone. Every maker here buys conductor copper at the same world price (that mechanism is on how cable is priced in Pakistan and copper rate today) and competes on its own terms.
One more thing before the names. A brand list answers "who is big"; it does not answer "what should I buy". If what you actually need is a way to judge any cable before you pay for it — whatever name is on the coil — that method lives on how to choose a cable company in Pakistan, and this page ends by sending you back there.
| No. | Manufacturer | City | Founded | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan Cables | Karachi | 1953 | The country's oldest cable maker; listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange |
| 2 | Fast Cables | Lahore | — | Strong dealer network; publishes a retail price list |
| 3 | Newage Cables | Lahore | — | Long-established Lahore name in wiring cable |
| 4 | A.G.E. Cables | Peshawar | 1968 | The established maker of the north; BS and IEC specification cable |
| 5 | Universal Cables (UCIL) | Karachi | 1978 | PVC-insulated wires and flexible cords |
| 6 | Allied Cables | Lahore | 1981 | Copper rod, enamelled wire and cable in one group |
| 7 | GM Cables & Pipes | Lahore | — | Cables and pipes under one brand |
| 8 | Pilone Cables | Lahore | — | Factory-direct rates, published datasheets, WhatsApp quoting — this site |
| 9 | CopperGat Cables | Lahore | — | Building wire, solar and power cable |
| 10 | Merit Cables | Lahore | — | House-wiring wire and flexible cords for the local trade |
The ten most established cable manufacturers in Pakistan are Pakistan Cables of Karachi, founded in 1953 and listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange; Fast Cables of Lahore, known for its dealer network and published retail price list; Newage Cables of Lahore; A.G.E. Cables of Peshawar, operating since 1968; Universal Cables (UCIL) of Karachi, founded in 1978; Allied Cables of Lahore, whose parent group dates to 1981; GM Cables & Pipes of Lahore; and three smaller Lahore factory brands — Pilone Cables, CopperGat Cables and Merit Cables. That order reflects company scale and heritage, not measured quality: no independent public test data ranks Pakistani cable brands against one another, so any list naming one brand simply "the best" is a marketing document. The outcome of a wiring job depends far more on correct conductor size, true gauge and copper purity than on which of these names is printed on the coil.
The oldest cable maker in the country, in production since 1953, and listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange, which puts audited accounts on public record. The name that large commercial and industrial specifications default to. Best fit: consultants and contractors on projects where the cable has to clear an approval list, and buyers who want the longest track record in the market.
Known for one of the strongest dealer networks in the trade and for publishing a retail price list — rarer than it should be, and it makes counter-price checking possible. Best fit: buyers who want a recognised brand stocked at the local electric shop, with a printed list to check the counter against.
A long-established Lahore maker whose name most electricians in Punjab already know, in general wiring and power cable. Best fit: contractors who want a brand with deep recognition in the trade, so nobody on site asks questions about the coil.
The established maker of the north, operating since 1968 and based in Peshawar, producing cable to British Standard and IEC specifications. Best fit: buyers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the northern belt who want a serious maker close to their own market instead of freight from Lahore or Karachi.
A Karachi maker since 1978, known for PVC-insulated wires and flexible cords, supplying construction, power and automotive buyers. Best fit: Karachi and Sindh buyers who want an established maker in their own city.
Part of a Lahore group founded in 1981 that works copper from the rod stage — copper rod, enamelled wire and cable in one house. Best fit: buyers who put weight on a maker that processes its own conductor metal upstream of the cable line.
A Lahore maker that puts cables and pipes under one brand, so builders often meet the name twice on the same site. Best fit: builders and housing projects that prefer fewer suppliers across the electrical and plumbing package.
DISCLOSURE — this list is published by Pilone Cables, and this entry is us writing about ourselves. We placed ourselves at No. 8 of 10 because by company scale and age we belong in the lower half of this list: our roots are in the copper trade since 1992, but the cable factory itself is one of the youngest names on this page. We include ourselves for three reasons a buyer can check rather than take on trust — factory-direct rates, published datasheets, and prices quoted openly on WhatsApp. Weigh this entry with that bias in mind.
Our own factory. We make copper and aluminium cable in Lahore and sell it direct, with no dealer step between the line and the buyer. What we compete on is checkable: the day's factory rate quoted openly on WhatsApp (+92 319 4262451), IEC 60228 resistance figures published on every size's datasheet, and delivery of 1–2 days in Punjab, 2–4 in the rest of Pakistan. Best fit: electricians, homeowners and solar installers who want the factory rate and a number they can verify, and who are happy to buy over WhatsApp instead of a shop counter.
A Lahore maker known for building wire, solar and power cable, and listed as a power-cable supplier with the Military Engineer Services. Best fit: house-wiring and solar buyers in Punjab looking at the newer generation of Lahore brands.
A Lahore wire brand known in the local trade for house-wiring wire and flexible cords. Best fit: buyers in the Lahore retail market who want a local name available at the counter.
Every maker on this page buys conductor copper at the same world price, and the physics of a conductor does not read the label. Three things decide how your wiring performs, and all three are in the buyer's hands whichever brand wins:
Correct size. An undersized run overheats and drops voltage on any brand; a correctly sized one behaves on every brand. Size the circuit first with the cable size calculator, then argue about names.
Full gauge. The trade codes are imperial and do not land exactly on the metric sizes they are sold as — per IEC 60228 framing, a 7/.036 conductor computes to about 4.6 mm² and is sold as 4 mm². Knowing the ladder is how you catch a coil that is short of copper; the full code-to-size table is on the wire size chart for Pakistan.
Copper purity. What "100% copper" does and does not mean, and how conductor purity shows up in resistance, is on what 100% copper wire means. The step-by-step checks that put all three together before you pay — on any brand, ours included — are on how to choose a cable company in Pakistan.
The checks that work on any brand: weight, strand count, resistance, and what to ask before you pay.
The full SWG-to-mm² ladder, code by code, with what each size is normally used for.
Load, run length and installation method in — a defensible size out.
Send your sizes, quantity and city, and put today's factory rate beside any quote you already hold. Same copper, fewer stops — the number and the datasheet speak for themselves. Punjab in 1–2 days, rest of Pakistan in 2–4.