SME sector urges early implementation of SME policy - Press Release issued by Union of Small and Medium Enterprises.

Karachi -- October 15, 2020 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME)

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The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) said after several years an SME policy was finally presented to the prime minister ( PM) Imran Khan by the National Co-ordination Committee (NCC) for SMEs.

UNISAME president Zulfikar Thaver said that the sector is indeed disgusted by promises. The pandemic then the floods and the inflation. The cost of doing business and cost of production have increased.

The SME units are compelled to close down. Now the electricity charges are increased. The gas charges are increasing. The SME farmers are also in turmoil after the floods. Standing crops have been destroyed.

It is apprehended that SMEs may go on strike in protest against no definite help but only...