Lahore, Pakistan: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif chairs a review meeting on ongoing reforms under the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA).
Prime Minister’s major initiative on the occasion of International Women’s Day to empower women through decent employment and their own businesses
Prime Minister’s decision to include women involved in cottage industries and small businesses in the Small and Medium Enterprise Sector (SME)
Prime Minister’s directive to provide necessary capital and facilities to business women involved in cottage industries on a priority basis for increasing their businesses.
Directive on measures to provide low-cost loans to women under the Prime Minister’s Youth Loan Scheme.
Prime Minister’s directive to take steps to empower educated and skilled women in rural and remote areas with their own businesses.
The Prime Minister directed that necessary training be provided to women involved in home industries to increase their businesses and that facilitation centers be established in this regard.
Women’s access to facilitation centers and training centers for women involved in home and small businesses should be ensured. Prime Minister’s directive
The Prime Minister has formed a committee to formulate a comprehensive action plan and recommendations for empowering women involved in home and small businesses.
The committee will soon submit recommendations to the Prime Minister on the necessary steps to empower women through their businesses.
Almost half of Pakistan’s population is women, the government is taking steps on a priority basis to empower and economically strengthen women. Prime Minister
The government will provide all necessary resources and training to women to provide them with decent employment and their businesses. Prime Minister
Access to facilitation centers will be ensured for increasing women’s businesses and training. Prime Minister
The Youth Loan Scheme will ensure provision of low-cost loans to women for their businesses. Prime Minister
The Prime Minister was briefed on the steps taken for the development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises under SMEDA.
The meeting was attended by Federal Ministers Dr. Mosaddiq Malik, Ahad Khan Cheema, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Haroon Akhtar, Chairman Prime Minister Youth Programme Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan and relevant senior officials.
