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| Industry | Retail |
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| Founded | 1913 |
| Headquarters | Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
Area served | Pakistan |
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| Website | csd |
Canteen Stores Department, colloquially known as CSD, is a Pakistani state-owned discount retailer chain that operates a chain of supermarkets in cantonments and other military-administered areas cross the country.
CSD is run by the Pakistan Army and is funded by the Ministry of Defence. [1]
CSD was founded in 1913. [2] It traces its origins to the British colonial period in India, where the Army Canteen Board was created as part of the British Navy and Army Canteen Board. [3] While the British organization was dissolved in 1922 and replaced by the Naval, Army and Air Force Agency, the Indian Army Canteen Board continued until 1927. [3] In that year, it was succeeded by the Canteen Contractors' Syndicate (CCS). [3]
After the partition of India in 1947, the Canteen Stores Department (India) in Pakistan was renamed as CSD Pakistan. [3]
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