Dear ALL, We are pleased to inform you that the 9th Pakistan SME Forum 2015 (www.shamrockconferences.net) will be held on August 25, 2015 in Lahore. Organized in consultation with UNISAME and the support of the State Bank of Pakistan, the SME Forum has evolved into an effective and strong platform to promote the cause of […more]
A National Consultative Round Table on SME Development Policy and Initiatives has been convened by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform (MoPD&R) on 29th July 2015 at Islamabad to discuss Vision 2025 targets for SME sector development, present status, ongoing and planned policy and options for future collaboration. Dr Faheem ul Islam member private […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) urged federal commerce minister Engineer Khurram Dastagir to ensure the trade policy is well aligned and comprehensive to include and promote barter trade, currency swaps, border trade and measures to curb increasing transaction cost. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver invited the attention of the federal minister to the […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has expressed the need to make doing business easy in the forthcoming Trade Policy to be announced in first week of August 2015 and urged the federal commerce minister Engineer Khurram Dastagir to ensure the trade policy is comprehensive and envisages comfort and facilities for SMEs to […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) appreciated the bold and positive steps taken by the Ministry of Commerce (MINCOM) through the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to disband the Quality Review Committee (QRC) and serving one months final notice to the staff with golden handshake. The notice period expires on 6th August […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) felicitated all SMES all over the world on World SME DAY being commemorated since 4th July 2012 every year honouring SMEs and celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship. Quoting the Malaysian newspaper UNISAME stated “It is a day dedicated to all SMEs who in fact represent the backbone […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises ( UNISAME ) has invited the attention of the ministry of commerce ( MINCOM ) to the difficulties being faced by the SME rice exporters due to the lingering in the already decided closure of the Quality Review Committee ( QRC ) and urged the federal commerce minister […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) urged the government to prior to deciding to set up the Pakistan Rice Board (PRB) as suggested by the vested interest must first examine the pros and cons and question those suggesting it as to the injury caused to the rice industry by the Quality Review Committee […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) invited the attention of the prime minister (PM) Mian Nawaz Sharif to the harsh levy of 0.6% and higher rate of taxes on dividends and profit on savings for the non filers and urged him to intervene and remove the discrimination in the budget between filers and […more]
Karachi, June 09, 2015 (PPI-OT): The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) felicitated the minister for railways Khwaja Saad Rafiq on the resumption of the Quetta -Zahidan container service and welcomed the service as a promotion of business of SME traders. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said the resumption of service after 4 years is […more]