KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has criticised the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for increasing the discount rate by 300 basis points, or 3 per cent, which reached 20 per cent, a statement said on Thursday. At this rate, the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector will be punctured and unable … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has invited the attention of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the destiny of Pakistan and can bring about a betterment in the economy and must be facilitated, supported and encouraged in such challenging times, a statement said on Saturday. … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) is perturbed over the slow pace of the ministries of industries and production, commerce and finance in taking reforms to overcome the tedious situation being faced by the micro to medium sector (MSMEs), a statement said on Monday. Unisame President Zulfikar Thaver lamented that the Small … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has invited the attention of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Farhan Aziz Khwaja towards the poor conditions of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), as the majority of them are have been badly affected due to unavailability of the foreign … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) and the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) officials are scheduled to meet on February 17, 2023 at the Unisame office to put into gear a list of items to be offered to entrepreneurs who wish to manufacture from indigenous material for domestic consumption … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has suggested Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to form a Trade Diplomacy Cell (TDC) and adopt the prospective trade agreement between Pakistan and Kazakhstan as ideal and promising and adopt it as a role model for other Central Asian Republics (CARs) too, especially at a time … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has invited the attention of the Ministry of Commerce, Industries and Production and also the Planning Ministry to revise the import, export and industrial policies, a statement said on Monday. It also called for streamlining the imports of raw and packing materials on top priority basis, … Read more
Zulfikar Thaver said that this will enable Pakistan to fill the gap caused because of the negligible imports. Pakistan can export rice, maize, foodstuffs, denim, vegetables, fruits and a few other items to Iran. The Unisame requested the ministries to stand up to the tough times and work round-the-clock. KARACHI: The Union of Small … Read more
The PCSIR is keen to do research in many items of paints, enamels, polishes PCSIR have also planned to manufacture the machinery locally and those entrepreneurs. The PCSIR agreed to support the Unisame wholeheartedly. KARACHI: Realising the immediate need to manufacture substitutes of imported goods from indigenous material, the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has said that imports and exports are like warp and weft of an economy and both considered favourable when more or less equal. If the imports of essential raw materials are discouraged or curbed, it will reflect on exports, a statement said. Unisame President Zulfikar Thaver … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has invited the attention of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Farhan Aziz Khawaja to the urgent need of setting up a value addition bureau in coordination with the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to enhance exports of value-added items, … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has felicitated Farhan Aziz Khawaja, a Grade-22 officer for his appointment as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda), a statement said on Thursday. Unisame President Zulfikar Thaver congratulated Farhan Khawaja on his appointment and wished him best of … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has invited the attention of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) towards the commercial banks, which are not returning dollars deposited in the foreign currency accounts, causing hardships to the customers, a statement said on Wednesday. The depositors have kept the dollars in their saving accounts … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has appealed trade leaders and politicians to motivate entrepreneurs to set up units in the prevailing situation and rebuild the nation by determination and drive, a statement said. Unisame President Zulfikar Thaver said Pakistanis need to learn from Iran when it was faced with sanctions, the … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has urged the policymakers that as per the Constitution, Pakistan is a welfare state and by virtue of this it is incumbent on the government to care and protect its senior citizens, the aged, the widows, the orphans, the disabled and the family of the martyrs … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has invited the attention of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) towards the reluctance of the importers to import raw materials and essential goods, despite the lifting of the import ban on raw materials and essential goods, a statement said on Friday. Unisame President Zulfikar Thaver … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has appreciated the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) decision to approve the delisting of the SME Bank from the privatisation list, a statement said. The union welcomed the decision to explore the possibilities for merging the SME Bank with the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) or … Read more
KARACHI: The suppression of mark-up on Foreign Currency Accounts (FCA) encourages savers to send their money out of the country or even remove it from the banking system because of negligible profit, the business community said. The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) invited the attention of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to … Read more
