The Sahaf family emigrated from Kashmir and settled in Amritsar, continuing their tradition of embroidering and trading Kashmiri shawls. In 1934, one member of the family established a shop in Bombay called Khawaja Qamaruddin and Zaheeruddin (KQZ), which grew into a large wool shawl trading firm with customers across India and the Middle East. In 1948, KQZ restarted operations in Pakistan, employing many shawl workers who had emigrated from Amritsar. By 1951, KQZ was the only shawl company in Pakistan and expanded with power looms in 1952. Competition grew in later decades as other producers explored new markets
The Sahaf family emigrated from Kashmir and settled in Amritsar, continuing their tradition of embroidering and trading Kashmiri shawls. In 1934, one member of the family established a shop in Bombay called Khawaja Qamaruddin and Zaheeruddin (KQZ), which grew into a large wool shawl trading firm with customers across India and the Middle East. In 1948, KQZ restarted operations in Pakistan, employing many shawl workers who had emigrated from Amritsar. By 1951, KQZ was the only shawl company in Pakistan and expanded with power looms in 1952. Competition grew in later decades as other producers explored new markets
The Sahaf family emigrated from Kashmir and settled in Amritsar, continuing their tradition of embroidering and trading Kashmiri shawls. In 1934, one member of the family established a shop in Bombay called Khawaja Qamaruddin and Zaheeruddin (KQZ), which grew into a large wool shawl trading firm with customers across India and the Middle East. In 1948, KQZ restarted operations in Pakistan, employing many shawl workers who had emigrated from Amritsar. By 1951, KQZ was the only shawl company in Pakistan and expanded with power looms in 1952. Competition grew in later decades as other producers explored new markets
The Sahaf family emigrated from Kashmir and settled in Amritsar, continuing their tradition of embroidering and trading Kashmiri shawls. In 1934, one member of the family established a shop in Bombay called Khawaja Qamaruddin and Zaheeruddin (KQZ), which grew into a large wool shawl trading firm with customers across India and the Middle East. In 1948, KQZ restarted operations in Pakistan, employing many shawl workers who had emigrated from Amritsar. By 1951, KQZ was the only shawl company in Pakistan and expanded with power looms in 1952. Competition grew in later decades as other producers explored new markets
Executive Summary: The Sahaf family had emigrated from Kashmir and also involved in embroidering shawls. Abdul Ahad Sahaf is the family tree of Sahaf family and settled in Amritsar, he continued the trading of Kashmiri shawls. The Sahaf familys shop was one of the two Muslim owned in a wollen shawl market. In 1934, Shahdin bought a shop in Bombay for his sanaullah and named it Khawaja Qamaruddin and Zaheeruddin (KQZ), Qamaruddin was working with sanaullah. KQZ was now a large wollen shawl trading firm with customers in Calcutta, Hyderabad, Madras, Bombay and the Middle East. Shahdin was not very optimistic about the future of wollen shawls business in Pakistan. In 1948, Qamaruddin decided to restart the operation in Pakistan. Ghulam Mustafa had been KQZs labour in-charge in Amritsar. He found out that most of their workers from Amritsar were unable to find proper occupation in Pakistan and were involved in menial jobs as hired laborers or as tea boys Jolaha (weaving subcontractor), Tupgars (embroiderers) and Rangrez (dyeing subcontractors) was worked in KQZ. In 1951, KQZ was the only company in the wollen shawls industry in Pakistan. In 1952, KQZ set up a waving operation with 25 imported power looms. Shaukats father had separated from the family business and was replaced by the Naseeruddin. Competition in the shawl business started to grow in 1960s; many other producers in Lahore also started exploring the Middle East market. In 1979, acrylic became very popular in the shawls business. Sohaff Shawls were generally considered market leader in quality. Pakistani shawl manufactures were producing better quality plain shawls. The market had expanded about two or three times in 1974 to 1994. Many of the shawls producers had diversified into different cotton product as well. Statement Problems:
Faced with financial difficulties in the weaving business
Returns for Embroidery were much less as compared to other cottage industries. SZS could not have shown so much profit in few years Dont good relationship in Sahaf family