Press Releases

Complaints against corrupt taxmen …FBR issues SOP….BR

Sep 18, 2022 |

ISLAMABAD: Taxpayers including the business community should utilise the Federal Board of Revenue’s unique facility of protected mechanism of filing complaints against corruption of tax officials where identity of the complainants are masked/encoded. Tax experts told Business Recorder that the FBR had issued the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) through the Circular No 10 of 2021. […more]

DOLLAR DILEMMA IS PROVING INJURIOUS TO ECONOMY

Sep 12, 2022 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has expressed serious concern on the depreciation of rupee defeating all accepted norms and concepts of demand and supply theories making the landed cost of imported raw material and parts very high and making the feasibility of several units non viable. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said “According […more]

UNISAME URGES WITHDRAWAL OF SALES TAX ON RELIEF GOODS

Aug 30, 2022 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) said at a time when the country is drowned in floods and inflation it would be unwise to impose sales tax on food,clothing and relief goods such as tents, plastic jerry cans, ropes, rugs and blankets. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said it is indeed painful and shameful […more]

GOING THE THAR ROUTE…Pakistan Today Profit page

Aug 22, 2022 |

Going the Thar route After decades of policy shifts on the energy front, will Pakistan go towards domestic coal to avoid the bloodbaths of the spot markets? August 21, 2022 By Asad Ullah Kamran It is a simple problem. Pakistan relies heavily on imported fuel sources such as reliquified natural gas (RLNG) to produce electricity. […more]

Govt offers ample opportunities for conducive-business environment: Musadik By News desk – August 19, 2022 APP

Aug 21, 2022 |

Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik on Thursday said the coalition government was offering ample opportunities to business community through a long term and focused planning. Addressing to the 5th Leaders in Islamabad Business Summit 2022 “ Imagineering the future” here, the minister said that the government was introducing business friendly policies to incentivize […more]

UNISAME URGES SBP TO ENABLE RUPEE TO REGAIN ACTUAL VALUE

Aug 21, 2022 |

KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor to take concrete measures to curb further rupee depreciation. It also called for steps to ensure that the rupee regains its true value based on the price of gold and the rate of the dollar in the international […more]

UNISAME FELICITATES NEW GOVERNOR SBP

Aug 20, 2022 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) felicitated Jameel Ahmed on his appointment as governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for a period of five years and expressed great happiness on his selection. The Union Council is happy that an experienced Pakistani banker cum economist has been selected who knows the Pakistani economy in […more]

PRICE MONITORING CELL URGED TO WAKE UP AND CHECK MALPRACTICES OF RETAILERS

Aug 8, 2022 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has invited the attention of the price monitoring cells all over the country to the profiteering by the retailers on the pretext of inflation and petrol price hike as they have increased their prices of food and merchandise items non proportionately. President Unisame Zulfikar Thaver said this […more]

UNISAME URGES GOVERNMENT TO MONITOR PRICES EFFECTIVELY

Aug 8, 2022 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) expressed regret that the price monitoring cells in the provinces are not functioning meaningfully and not performing effectively. President Unisame Zulfikar Thaver said it is indeed a matter of serious concern that the retailers have increased the prices exorbitantly disrespecting all norms of business on the pretext […more]

‘Lift ban on jaggery export’ The News International, July 10, 2022

Jul 10, 2022 |

KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) called for lifting ban on jaggery on Saturday, saying the export of jaggery (gurr) needed to be treated on its own merit irrespective of any surplus or shortage of sugar created by sugar mafia. UNISAME also requested the Sugar Commissioner and member Sugar Advisory Board (SAB) […more]