Member National Committee Small and Medium Enterprises (NCSME) Zulfikar Thaver stressed the need to promote import substitution industries to save valuable foreign exchange. Thaver said we are importing vast range of items, although some of them are manufactured in Pakistan and the domestic industry is facing very tough competition. Other items which are imported can […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has invited the attention of the ministries of commerce, industry, science and technology and agriculture to the urgent need to join hands for the modernization of rice farming, milling,processing and marketing and to enable it to meet the global challenges. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said it is […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has invited the attention of the ministries of commerce, industry, science and technology and agriculture to the urgent need to join hands for the modernization of rice farming, milling,processing and marketing and to enable it to meet the global challenges. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said it is […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan to reduce the membership and renewal fees to make it affordable. The Union has pointed out that Rs 14000 plus Rs 1000 for I.T/ website maintainence is very high. Even the chambers of commerce are only taking Rs 2100 […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises has urged the chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend the return filing date up till 30th June 2016 and also to modify it to include manufacturers. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said the FBR has seen the poor response mainly due to lack of proper promotion and […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has invited the kind attention of the prime minister (PM) Mian Nawaz Sharif to the urgent need of high impact actions for the uplift of the micro and SME majority sector. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver in a message to the PM said it is very important that […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has invited the attention of Shahid Rashid chairman of Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPOP) to the very important and crucial matter of basmati geographical indications (GI) not being given the seriousness it deserves by the concerned authority and trade associations. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver has urged […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME has stressed the need for a uniform definition of SMEs and urged the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) to align its definition of the SMEs with the proposed State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) definition which is pragmatic. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said as chairman of […more]
Lahore – The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has invited the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) to propose specific recommendations regarding taxation, tariffs, regulations, trade related and other issues for developing a set of recommendations for the forthcoming trade policy and budget for the devolopment of the SME sector. Mairaj Anees […more]
The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) invited the attention of Alamgir Chaudhry the CEO of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) to the difficulties faced by the SME rice growers, millers, processors and exporters and urged study and examination of the issues of the rice industry and suggestion of remedial measures […more]
