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Kohinoor Textile Mills
The Saigol Group ( ) is a group of companies headquartered in Lahore. It was founded by Ameen Saigol in the 1930s with a small shop that eventually developed into the Kohinoor Rubber Works. Ameen Saigol had four sons: Yousaf, Sayeed, Gull and Bashir. History The Saigol family were originally farmers from a small town called Khotian, Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan. Khotian town was later named Saigolabad after this family. Sayeed Saigol moved to Calcutta in the 1930s and opened a shoe store. He opened a rubber shoe factory, and was a supplier of rubber shoes and raincoats to the Allied Forces during World War II. Saigol, anticipating the division and independence of British India, moved his assets to Lahore in the early 1940s. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, with the help of his three brothers Yousaf, Gull and Bashir, he set up their first textile spinning mill in Lyallpur (now called Faisalabad) in 1949 under the name of Kohinoor Industries. In 1953 a second tex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group Of Companies
A corporate group, company group or business group, also formally known as a group of companies, is a collection of parent and subsidiary corporations that function as a single economic entity through a common source of control. These types of groups are often managed by an account manager. The concept of a group is frequently used in tax law and accounting and (less frequently) company law to attribute the rights and duties of one member of the group to another or the whole. If the corporations are engaged in entirely different businesses, the group is called a conglomerate. The forming of corporate groups usually involves consolidation via mergers and acquisitions, although the group concept focuses on the instances in which the merged and acquired corporate entities remain in existence rather than the instances in which they are dissolved by the parent. The group may be owned by a holding company which may have no actual operations. Black Bear Development, conceptualized by p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piplan
Piplan (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) is the main city of Piplan Tehsil in Mianwali District, situated in Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, Pakistan. It is almost 52 km from the district capital Mianwali, which lies to the north. Piplan is surrounded by many other similar towns: To the south are the towns of Musa Wali, Mattha, Churkin, Jhanbir and Kaloor Kot, to the north are Doaba, Mianwali, Doaba, Alluwali, Kundian and Mianwali to the east, Hernoli and Hafiz Wala and to the west is the Indus River. History The name of Piplan was given historically before the Partition of India, independence of Pakistan in 1947. Many Hindus used to live in Piplan and the name of this town was Peepul or Peepul wala (''Peepul'': Sacred fig, fig tree, regarded as sacred by both Hindus and Buddhists, who call it a "bo tree"). After the Partition of India, independence of Pakistan, the name was changed to Peepul-Aan, now written as Piplan. Geography Latitude:32.2867, Longitude:71.3664 Altitude (fee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafique Saigol
Mian Muhammad Rafique Saigol (1 September 1933 – 10 December 2003) was a Pakistani businessman and politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1965. He also served as a chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines. Biography Rafique Saigol was born on 1 September 1933 in Kolkata, British India to Mian Yousuf Saigol, who founded Saigol Group. He received his early education at The Doon School and Aitchison College. Later, he attended Clemson University, where he studied economics and textile management, graduating in 1953. After completing his education, Saigol became the managing director of Kohinoor Textile Mills in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad). Later, he also served as the chairman of the All-Pakistan Textile Mills Association and as the president of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce. In 1965, Saigol entered politics and was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan, representing Lyallpur. During his time in the National Assembly, he served as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |