All posts by Zulfikar Thaver

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) is an SME forum sponsored by SZT Group Zulfikar Thaver is the president of UNISAME. He is also member of the National Committee for SMEs of the Ministry of Industries Government of Pakistan. He is also member of SME Consultative Group of State Bank of Pakistan and also member of its Private Sector Advisory Committee

Welcome to Union of Small & Medium Enterprises

Apr 19, 2015 |

UNISAME (Union of Small & Medium Enterprises) is established to take the challenge of developing Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan. With a futuristic approach and professional management structure it has focus on providing an enabling environment and business development services to small and medium enterprises. UNISAME is not only an SME policy-advisory body […more]

UNISAME URGES GOVERNMENT TO MAKE DOING BUSINESS EASY FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Apr 18, 2015 |

Karachi, March 25, 2015 (PPI-OT): Zulfikar Thaver president of the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) in a talk show on a business television channel urged the government to meet the requirements of finance, raw material, land, energy, technology and marketing support. He emphasized the need for finance at affordable mark up with credit […more]

TRADEKEY ON BEHEST OF UNISAME OFFERS SMART EXPERT ONLINE SERVICES TO SMEs

Apr 16, 2015 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) and TradeKey the second largest international portal with head office in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia decided to help the SMEs grow by facilitating the sector to have strong exposure globally and give them opportunities by global sharing through smart expert internet services President UNISAME welcomed the officials […more]

UNISAME URGES GOVT TO PUT SME PROMOTION & DEVELOPMENT ON FAST TRACK

Apr 7, 2015 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the government to end red tapism and put SME promotion and development on fast track and facilitate the sector with access to finance, technology, marketing support,environment and incentives to enable it to meet the global challenges. Zulfikar Thaver president UNISAME invited the attention of the […more]

SME BANK’s MERGER WITH NBP WILL DEPRIVE SECTOR OF SPECIFIC BANK

Apr 1, 2015 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the federal finance minister Ishaq Dar to revive and strengthen the SME Bank and make it capable to serve the SME sector for which it was created as an SME specific bank. The sector is perturbed by the plan to merge it with National Bank […more]

UNISAME URGES GOVERNMENT TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF SECTOR

Mar 25, 2015 |

Zulfikar Thaver president of the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) in a talk show on a business television channel urged the government to meet the requirements of finance, raw material, land, energy, technology and marketing support. He emphasized the need for finance at affordable mark up with credit insurance guarantee from the government […more]

UNISAME DEMANDS EASE TO DO BUSINESS FOR SMEs

Mar 19, 2015 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) pointed out that in the World Banks’s 2015 ‘ Doing Business Report ‘ Pakistan is placed at 128 amongst the 189 countries probably this indicates Pakistan needs to make doing business easy and go beyond efficiency and achieve a better ranking. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said there […more]

UNISAME SUBMITS BUDGET & TRADE POLICY PROPOSALS

Mar 17, 2015 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) submitted budget and trade policy proposals through the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver stated that SMEDA is well aware that the micro enterprises and the SMEs are engaged in trading, manufacturing, services and farming and each is playing an important role […more]

SME UNITS ADVISED TO TREAT WORKERS WITH DIGNITY

Mar 14, 2015 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) advised all SME units to observe the factory rules and regulations and respect the labour laws and comply all requirements of the factories act and treat their workers with dignity and respect their contribution towards the economy. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver advised all SME units to ensure […more]

UNISAME URGES SBP TO WIDEN SCOPE OF MICRO FINANCE BANKS TO INCLUDE SMALL

Mar 4, 2015 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) urged the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to increase the lending limit of rupees half million to micro enterprises to one million to enable the micro finance banks to finance the small entrepreneurs also who are small but in the majority. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said the […more]