Press Releases

Rice Dishes Of South Asia….by Ankit Gupta

Jan 9, 2014 |

Rice Dishes of South Asia Over the years, rice has transcended the humble plates of household dinners to the platters of an extravagant haute cuisine. A modern day culinary delight, rice can be served as a main course, a side dish or even a dessert. By Ankit Gupta • January 8, 2014 Rice Dishes of […more]

Parboiled Rice from Pakistan

Jan 7, 2014 |

UNISAME EXPORT HOUSE announced the reopening of its Parboiled rice factory in Shikarpur Sindh and its ability to supply parboiled rice in basmati and non basmati. It can ship Irri 6,Irri 9, KS 282, 386, Super fine and Super Basmati parboiled rice The rice is electronically sorted and silky polished and broken percentage is from […more]

Basmati Festival To Highlight Areas Growing Aromatic Rice

Jan 7, 2014 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) to organize a basmati festival to highlight the geographical identification (GI) areas and those areas omitted inadvertently by the authority. TDAP needs to reopen the chapter of GI and revisit […more]

Road map given to PM for promotion of SMEs & stimulation of economy

Jan 4, 2014 |

SMEs need facilities to meet global challenges KARACHI, Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has submitted road map to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan being convinced of the PM’s best wishes for the less privileged sector and his desire to brighten the prospects of SME promotion and development on fast track basis and […more]

BASMATI NEEDS PROTECTION IN RIGHT EARNEST

Jan 3, 2014 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the Pakistan Standard Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) to define basmati rice to enable the so called Quality Review Committee (QRC) established in violation of pre-shipment inspection rules and regulations to protect basmati rice in right earnest. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver invited the attention of PSQCA […more]

SME PARBOIL RICE EXPORTER SELECTED AS SUPPLIER TO KFC

Jan 2, 2014 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) felicitated its SME member SZT Corporation for being selected as suppliers of Pakistani super basmati parboiled rice to Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) for the year 2014 for its restaurants in Egypt. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said it is indeed an honour for an SME firm to be […more]

REVIEW OF BASMATI GI DEMANDED

Jan 2, 2014 |

Union of Small and Medium Enterprises demands dismissal of Quality Review Committee for failure to advocate geographical identification of Pakistani Basmati rice Short URL Karachi, January 01, 2014 (PPI-OT): The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) called for the dismissal of the Quality Review Committee (QRC) for its failure to define the geographical identification […more]

YOUTH APPLICANTS UNDER PM-YLS URGED TO PREPARE SOUND BUSINESS PLAN

Jan 1, 2014 |

Youth urged to prepare sound business Plans Short URL Karachi, December 31, 2013 (PPI-OT): The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) advised the youth to avail the loan and benefit from the scheme and urged them to study the feasibility and prepare a proper and sound business plan whilst applying for loan under the […more]

MOC URGED TO COMPREHEND INDIAN STRATEGY FOR BASMATI RICE

Dec 27, 2013 |

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) urged the Secretary Ministry of Commerce (MOC) to comprehend the Indian strategy of narrowing the Geographical Indication (GI) of basmati rice mainly to Indian areas and including very limited areas in Pakistan on the one hand and on the other allowing Indian exporters to ship blended rice […more]

MOC URGED TO TAKE NOTICE OF BASMATI GI ASSERTION BY INDIA

Dec 26, 2013 |

Karachi, The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the Secretary Ministry of Commerce (MINCOM) to take serious notice of the statement and propagation of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Development Authority (APEDA) a statuary body of India to the geographical indication (GI) of Basmati restricting it to the areas best suited […more]