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UNISAME FELICITATES IPO FOR COMPLETING DRAFT GI PROTECTION LAW

Aug 13, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) and other stakeholders are invited by the Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) to give their inputs at the consultative session on draft geographical indications (GI) protection law on 17th August 2016 at a local hotel at Karachi. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver lauded the efforts of the IPO in […more]

UNISAME EXPLAINS SALIENT FEATURES OF NFIS FOR SMEs

Jun 20, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) at the behest of its members convened a meeting to explain the salient features of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) and its vision and targets, its strategic framework, its focus areas and its co-ordination structure. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said it is very important for the […more]

NFIS AIMS TO ENHANCE SMEs ACCESS TO FINANCE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS WITH DIGNITY AND FAIRNESS

Jun 18, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) at the behest of its members convened a meeting to explain the salient features of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) and its vision and targets, its strategic framework, its focus areas and its co-ordination structure. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said it is very important for the […more]

UNISAME DEMANDS PROMPT INCLUSION OF RICE SECTOR IN 0 RATING

Jun 10, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the federal commerce minister engineer Khurram Dastagir to use his good office and influence the federal finance minister (FM)Ishaq Dar to comprehend the need for 0 rating the rice sector urgently to enable compete in global market and regain lost markets. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver […more]

UNISAME ASSURES SECTOR OF SUPPORT UNDER NFIS FOR CAPACITY BUILDING

Jun 9, 2016 |

Karachi: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) assured the SME sector of redressing their grievances under the federal government’s National Finance Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) action plan, within a given timeline President UNISAME, Zulfikar Thaver, has said the government is fully aware of the difficulties faced by the SME units and farm sectors with […more]

UNISAME SUBMITS AGENDA FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF SMEs

May 21, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) prior to the Work Group for Capacity Building meeting to be held on 23rd May 2016 at State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) under the National Finance Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) held an open forum at UNISAME office to discuss the requirements of the SMEs and submit recommendations for […more]

WORKING GROUP ON CAPACITY BUILDING OF SMEs TO RECOMMEND MEASURES

May 18, 2016 |

The Working Group (WG) on Capacity Building (CB) of SMEs is scheduled to hold its first meeting on 23rd May 2016 at Karachi under the National Finance Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) and recommend steps for uplift of the sector. President Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) Zulfikar Thaver who is the chairperson of the WG […more]

Capacity Building Of SMEs Crucial For Promotion And Development Of Sector

May 14, 2016 |

Capacity building of the small to medium sized enterprises is crucial to the promotion and development of the sector and has been rightly placed on priority by the National Finance Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) said Zulfikar Thaver president of the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME). Thaver said skill development , modernization, transfer of technology, […more]

CAPACITY BUILDING OF SMEs INCLUDED IN NFIS

May 7, 2016 |

UNISAME PRESIDENT APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF WORKING GROUP The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) appreciated the efforts of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to revise and redefine the SMEs and to give it a uniform definition and requested all stakeholders to accept the definition for the benefit of the majority sector. President […more]

UNISAME REGRETS BIG BUSINESS WITH IRAN SUFFERING DUE TO NON CLARITY

May 4, 2016 |

The SME rice exporters are contacting the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) and complaining that commercial banks are not clearing online Form E for exports to Iran and are not yet ready for transactions with Iran as no procedure has been outlined. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said the exporters are facing hardships and […more]