Few cities in Pakistan can claim to contribute as extensively to a country’s export revenues, industrial growth, and global reputation as the city which is now popularly known as “The City of Opportunities”. Sialkot is an important economic center and the only export-oriented city in Pakistan. The development of local cottage industries in Sialkot has assumed the model status for the developing world. Thousands of small and medium enterprises, situated in and around the city, are engaged in honoring their global commitments for the export of value-added goods. The city is earning over 2.0 Billion US Dollars annually through its exports in various sectors ranging from Sports Goods, Surgical Instruments, Leather Products, Gloves of all sorts, Textile items, Sports Wear, Martial Art Uniforms & Accessories, Musical instruments, Military & Police Uniforms Accessories, Highland Outfitters, Badges, Kitchen Ware, Hollow Ware to Knives and Cutlery items. Besides exceptional achievements in business, the corporate sector of the city has exclusively emerged beyond Corporate Social Responsibility and made a historic contribution to social sector development and human welfare by initiating projects which have given the city a unique status among the industrial hubs in the world. And all of what has been achieved so far, and what the people of the bustling city of Sialkot aspire to achieve, is due to the presence of the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce & Industry, a trade body that has gone beyond the notion of export promotion and has set an example for the other trade associations to follow. SCCI is, without a doubt, Pakistan’s most effective Chamber. It would be hard to find a chamber anywhere in the world that has so significantly transformed its area of jurisdiction in terms of infrastructure and scope of social welfare. Since its inception in 1982, the SCCI has consistently and successfully advocated the interest of its members and worked for the solution to problems faced by them in running and expanding their businesses. On top of that, it has also proven to be a fertile nursery for numerous important initiatives undertaken collectively by the city’s business community as well as a useful forum for their execution. Before the SCCI, the local business community faced many constraints and found it difficult to ensure fast-paced industrial growth. The reason for this very slow progress was that the fact no trade body was there to give protection to the interest of the local industrialists. The said Association provided progressive and appreciative services to the business community. There were 1000 firms registered with the association within a span of seven years up to 1982. Owing to the efforts of the said Association, most of the Government regulatory offices were shifted to Sialkot, but because of the bureaucratic attitude of the Government functionaries, the decision on most of the cases faced pendency. Given the problem and difficulties of the business community of Sialkot, the urgency of constituting a Chamber was widely felt, which could provide a more prestigious and dignified forum to the local business community and effectively take up the issues with Government for redressal. It was decided by the pioneers of the local community to get the existing Association to the level of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Association adopted the necessary resolution in the meeting held on 12-12-1979 for taking up the matter with the Ministry of Commerce. Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry passed a similar resolution on 28-07-1981. The Sialkot Chamber was incorporated under Company Act 1913 vide License No. 24 dated 15-07-1982 issued by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan under section 3 of Trade Organization Ordinance 1961 and was formally affiliated with FPCCI on 17-08-1982. Today, The Sialkot Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI), comprises of 16,000 plus active members including proprietorships, Associations of Persons (AOPs), Partnerships, and Corporations mostly involved in exporting high-quality products around the globe to over 100 International Brands. Being the apex trade body of Sialkot, the activities of the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry are manifold and multidimensional. It is watching and safeguarding the interests of the business community on one hand and helping the Government in the formulation of various trade policies through workable proposals, suggestions, and recommendations on the other. The global activities of the Sialkot Chamber have extended beyond all frontiers in terms of establishing business links among the locals and those at the far ends of the world. It keeps a close eye on the global business trends and provides information to the members accordingly. Through its proactive approach, the Sialkot Chamber has greatly contributed to the expansion of industries, the promotion of exports, and generating economic activity.