Press Releases

UNISAME WELCOMES HELPLINE OF SBP URGES GOVERNOR TO PUT SME INCLUSION STRATEGY ON FAST TRACK

Oct 7, 2017 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) appreciated the setting up of help line for banking consumers by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and welcomed the initiative of Tariq Bajwa the governor SBP in launching the helpline service and instructing banks to display the contact number at every branch. Zulfikar Thaver president UNISAME and […more]

OPEN LETTER TO PM TO SAVE SME UNITS FROM CLOSURE

Sep 5, 2017 |

The Union of Small and Medium enterprises (UNISAME) has sent open letter to prime minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to take prompt steps to save the SME units of textiles, rice, foodstuffs and light engineering from closure. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver invited the attention of the PM to the difficulties faced by the sector and […more]

UNISAME CELEBRATES WORLD ENTREPRENEUR’S DAY & SENDS GREETINGS TO ENTREPRENEURS

Aug 23, 2017 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) gathered at a local club on 21st August 2017 to celebrate the World Entrepreneur’s Day and honour the entrepreneurs who believe in self employment and take risk and set up their own business with dedication. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said that there is nothing like your own […more]

UNISAME RECOMMENDS ISLAMIC BANKING FOR MICRO TO MEDIUM SECTOR

Mar 9, 2017 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) recommended Islamic banking for the micro to medium sized sector to resolve the issues of access to finance of the sector inclusive of the farm sector. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver assisted by Ali Sabih convener UNISAME informed the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) team led by Dr […more]

UNISAME STRESSES ON RISK MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR BANKS

Dec 17, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) delegation at the Expo/Seminar on 19th December 2016 organized by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) to be held at a local hotel is focusing on stressing on the need for commercial banks for sharpening their risk management […more]

EXPO/SEMINAR ON SME FINANCING ON 19th DECEMBER 2016

Dec 9, 2016 |

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) have organized an Expo/Seminar on SME Financing on 19th December 2016 at Marriot Hotel Karachi. Many commercial banks/DFIs, SME facilitators and few SME exporters/processors will have their stalls to acquaint the visiting entrepreneurs about their activities and what they are […more]

UNISAME URGES STAKEHOLDERS TO SYNERGIZE FOR NFIS IMPLEMENTATION

Nov 22, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) chief urged all the stakeholders in the private and public sector to work jointly for synergy to meet the global challenges facing the micro, small to medium sized sector (MSME) and to implement the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) in letter and spirit and timely completion. Zulfikar […more]

Unisame To Submit Proposals At Round Table Conference by MoP&R

Oct 11, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) invited the attention of the host Professor Ahsan Iqbal federal minister Planning & Reforms (MoP&R) of Round Table Conference (RTC) scheduled on 17th October 2016 to discuss ” Prioritizing growth of SMEs to achieve sustainable growth ” to the urgent need to comprehend the major impediments to […more]

UNISAME URGES ENHANCEMENT OF LIMIT OF MICRO FINANCE BANKS

Sep 17, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) urged all financing institutions to refrain from using the word poor for the micro sector and instead use the internationally approved word “under privileged” for the micro sector. The micro entrepreneurs being business persons involved in commercial activity however small dislike the word poor and consider it […more]

UNISAME URGES SMEDA TO BUILD CAPACITY OF RICE SECTOR

Sep 12, 2016 |

Issues of rice industry discussed….Financial Daily KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) held a special meeting yesterday at SMEDA Karachi office presided by Alamgir Chaudhry general manager (GM) outreach to discuss the issues of the rice industry and recommend measures to revive the […more]