The Saigol Group is a term used to describe a group of companies owned by one of Pakistan's wealthiest families, the Saigols. The family and its companies is based in Lahore, Pakistan.
The Saigols originally hail from Chakwal.[1] The group is managed by three Saigol brothers: Tariq, Nasim and Taufeeq.[2] Also part of the family is sister Naz Saigol, now married to Mian Muhammad Mansha Yaha.
Amin Saigol 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 - 7 KM from Chakwal City], named after this influential business family.
Amir Sehgal