Unisame felicitates new Smeda CEO 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 […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) convened a meeting of its experts to discuss the financial challenges facing the country and give strong recommendations and suggest measures to the government for consideration and fast track implementation. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver welcomed the participants and requested Shaukat Hassan Convener of Finance committee to give […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has appealed to all trade leaders and politicians belonging to all parties not to cause panic or disappointment among entrepreneurs but instead motivate them to take this situation as a challenge and a blessing in disguise and rebuild the nation by determination and drive. President UNISAME Zulfikar […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has reminded and urged the policy makers that the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as per its constitution is a welfare state and by virtue of this it is incumbent on the government to care and protect for its senior citizens, the aged, the widows, the orphans, the […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) welcomed the decision of the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCOP) which approved the delisting of SME Bank from the privatisation list and explored possibilities for merging it with the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) or any other bank. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver expressed appreciation of the decision […more]
Energy saving need of the hour Businessmen propose adoption of daylight saving time to cut energy use, imports Usman Hanif KARACHI: Businessmen of the country, while appreciating the energy conservation policy, have suggested to the government to switch over to daylight saving time (DST) by advancing the clock by one hour, which will help to […more]
The business community must learn to start early. As a matter of habit they sleep late and get up late and reach offices and shops at 12 pm when half the day is gone. This also spoils the habits of the younger generation, who keeps awake till late night and gets up late. Early to […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has invited the attention of the State Bank of Pakista (SBP) to the very low rate of profit given to foreign currency account holders and urged the SBP policy makers to match it with those foreign countries offering more. One senior bank executive and also our Unisame […more]
Usman Hanif December 17, 2022 KARACHI: The non-issuance of letters of credit (LCs) is crippling industrial activities, leading to massive unemployment as companies are unable to import the raw material necessary to keep their manufacturing wheel running. Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Mohammed Tariq Yousuf, while expressing deep concern over the non-issuance […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the prime minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif to instruct both the federal finance ministers senator Ishaq Dar and federal commerce minister Naveed Qamar to take the business community, the multinationals and the commercial banks into confidence and revise the import and export policy to make import […more]
