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 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Businessmen call for bank restructuring, redefining its role Usman Hanif June 30, 2022 photo file Photo: File KARACHI: Sector-specific SME Bank can help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Pakistan to build back better from financial constraints. Therefore, there is a dire need to restructure the SME Bank and redefine its role in the development […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has advised SMEs especially the medium and upper medium to come forward and set up manufacturing units and capture local and overseas markets as imports have become nonviable in Pakistan due to rupee depreciation which is making imports unaffordable but of course favouring exports. UNISAME president Zulfikar […more]