ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed authorities to accelerate efforts to provide small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with loans on easier terms through banks and other financial institutions. Read More: PM orders easy loans for SMEs to boost economy Chairing a meeting on SME development, the premier praised Special Assistant Haroon Akhtar and the newly elected […]
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Govt pushes banking support to empower women entrepreneurs
ISLAMABAD: The government is seeking supportive banking policies to empower women entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Pakistan, said Haroon Akhtar Khan, special assistant to the prime minister on industry, on Wednesday. He spoke at the International Women’s Entrepreneurship Day ceremony, organised by FPCCI and Smeda, where representatives from 16 women’s chambers of […]
HEC signs MoU with five universities in collaboration with SMEDA
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), Higher Education Commission (HEC) and five Universities for National Idea Lab initiative pilot phase was held at HEC Secretariat on Tuesday. The universities include National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad, National Textile University (NTU) Faisalabad, Institute of Management […]
CGPA organizes public private dialogue on access to finance for SMEs
Centre for Governance & Public Accountability (CGPA) in collaboration with Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) organized a public private dialogue on access to finance by SMEs here the other day, said a press release issued here on Thursday. The event was aimed at discussing the issues faced by business community of Peshawar […]
Weekly gem bazaar to be set up after Eid-ul Fitr
All Pakistan Commercial Exporters Association (APCEA) intend to initiate weekly gem Bazar after Eid aimed at providing a platform to showcase Pakistani gems and promote this sector having huge potential. Talking to media, an official of APCEA informed that initially about 30 to 35 stalls would be established in weekly Bazar of Namak Mandi Peshawar […]