The Saigol Group is a term used to describe a group of companies owned by one of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

's wealthiest families, the Saigols. The family and its companies is based in Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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The Saigols originally hail from Jhelum

Jhelum

Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...

. The group is managed by three Saigol brothers: Tariq, Nasim and Taufeeq. Also part of the family is sister Naz Saigol, now married to Mian Muhammad Mansha Yaha.

Amin Saigol

Amin Saigol

Amin Saigol was a businessman of Punjab, Pakistan.The Saigol family belong to the Sahgal clan of the Muslim Khatri community. Amin Saigol, the founder of the Saigol business family, was from the village of Khotian in Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan. This village is now known as Saigolabad. In...

 was the founder of the Saigol dynasty where he started a Calcutta shoe shop, the shop eventually led the Bihar Rubber Works in 1938. Amin had a son called Yusuf who is the father of this business Trio.

In 1948, the Saigols migrated from Calcutta and initiated their business in Lyallpur (later named to as Faisalabad), the textile city of Pakistan, under the banner of Kohinoor Industries Limited.

Tariq Saigol is the eldest brother, he is head of Kohinoor-Maple group, which owns the Kohinoor textile mills and Maple-Leaf Cement. He is known to be openly critical of the Pakistani governments lack of interest in the textile sector. Nasim Saigol heads PEL and Kohinoor industries. Rafiq is the youngest brother, he takes care of the groups other business interests.

There is a village in Pakistan called Saigolabad, named after this influential business family.

List of companies under the Saigol Group

• Kohinoor Textile Mills.
• Pak Elektron Ltd.
  PEL (Pakistan)
  Pak Elektron Limited is the pioneer manufacturer of electrical goods in Pakistan. It was established in 1956 in technical collaboration with AEG of Germany and the Malik family...
  
   (PEL).
• Kohinoor Power Company.
• Faisalabad Grammar School
  Faisalabad Grammar School
  Faisalabad Grammar School is a private secondary educational institution located in the Kohinoor City, Faisalabad, Pakistan. It was established in 1979.The first seven years of students' schooling is prep-school education...
  
   (FGS).
• Kohinoor Energy
• Saigol Computers (Private) Limited
• Kohinoor Motor Works Limited
• PICIC
• Saigol Motors
• Sajeel Sehgal ltd
• Shoaib steel ltd
• Wahab Sehgal ltd
• Amir Sehgal