Pakistan: Lucky Cement has reported a 303% increase year-on-year in its unconsolidated profit after tax (PAT) in the first nine months of the 2021 Pakistan fiscal year, a reporting period that ran from 1 July 2020 to 31 March 2021. Its PAT for the period was US$72.6m, compared to just US$18.9m in the same period of the prior fiscal year. Lucky Cement’s net sales for the nine month period came to US$306m compared to US$208m a year earlier. Its net sales for the January-March 2021 quarter increased to US$111m form US$71.6m in the same period of 2020. /Global Cement