Press Releases

UNISAME STRESSES ON RISK MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR BANKS

Dec 17, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) delegation at the Expo/Seminar on 19th December 2016 organized by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) to be held at a local hotel is focusing on stressing on the need for commercial banks for sharpening their risk management […more]

EXPO/SEMINAR ON SME FINANCING ON 19th DECEMBER 2016

Dec 9, 2016 |

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) have organized an Expo/Seminar on SME Financing on 19th December 2016 at Marriot Hotel Karachi. Many commercial banks/DFIs, SME facilitators and few SME exporters/processors will have their stalls to acquaint the visiting entrepreneurs about their activities and what they are […more]

UNISAME URGES STAKEHOLDERS TO SYNERGIZE FOR NFIS IMPLEMENTATION

Nov 22, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) chief urged all the stakeholders in the private and public sector to work jointly for synergy to meet the global challenges facing the micro, small to medium sized sector (MSME) and to implement the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) in letter and spirit and timely completion. Zulfikar […more]

Unisame To Submit Proposals At Round Table Conference by MoP&R

Oct 11, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) invited the attention of the host Professor Ahsan Iqbal federal minister Planning & Reforms (MoP&R) of Round Table Conference (RTC) scheduled on 17th October 2016 to discuss ” Prioritizing growth of SMEs to achieve sustainable growth ” to the urgent need to comprehend the major impediments to […more]

UNISAME URGES ENHANCEMENT OF LIMIT OF MICRO FINANCE BANKS

Sep 17, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) urged all financing institutions to refrain from using the word poor for the micro sector and instead use the internationally approved word “under privileged” for the micro sector. The micro entrepreneurs being business persons involved in commercial activity however small dislike the word poor and consider it […more]

UNISAME URGES SMEDA TO BUILD CAPACITY OF RICE SECTOR

Sep 12, 2016 |

Issues of rice industry discussed….Financial Daily KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) held a special meeting yesterday at SMEDA Karachi office presided by Alamgir Chaudhry general manager (GM) outreach to discuss the issues of the rice industry and recommend measures to revive the […more]

EXPORTS CANNOT INCREASE SANS IRAN AND THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES

Aug 20, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) invited the attention of the federal commerce minister Khurram Dastagir to the setback to the SME sector due to decline in exports and the lack of facilities for export to Iran and third world countries. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said the SME exporters are unable to export […more]

UNISAME WELCOMES SMEDA’S STEPS TO STRENGTHEN DATA BASE, REGISTER & OFFER MEMBERSHIP TO SMEs

Aug 15, 2016 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has welcomed the agenda of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) to register the SMEs and also strengthen the data base through deploying ICT and offering membership to entrepreneurs. This will indeed be a very positive step and of much benefit to the stakeholders. President […more]

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]