Islamabad: Amazon has added Pakistan to its approved list of countries that can directly sell on the world’s biggest e-commerce platform – a moment of celebration for Pakistani small businesses.
“We have finally made it,” stated the prime minister’s advisor on commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood on Twitter. “An important milestone of e-commerce policy has been achieved through teamwork”, he said, adding that the ministry has been engaged with Amazon since last year to open up the platform for Pakistanis. “It is a great opportunity for our youth, SMEs and women entrepreneurs,” he said.
Amazon will be adding Pakistan to its sellers’ list within a few days after which business owners can create their accounts on the online platform and take their business from Pakistan to the global markets.
PESHAWAR: The Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority have agreed to enhance the professional skills of small-scale women businesspersons in.
By: Times News Service
Muscat: More than 1,000 commercial activities have been exempted from government licensing fees.
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority has confirmed that the total commercial activities that were exempted from government licensing fees amounted to 1,088 activities among the targeted sectors.
The authority stated that the exemptions were approved based on the high directives of His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik. The exemptions came within the package of facilities and incentives for owners of small and medium enterprises during the year 2021 to mitigate the effects of the spread of the Corona pandemic on these institutions.
The exemptions included the sectors targeted by Oman Vision 2040, such as manufacturing industries, agricultural and fisheries wealth, service and logistical activities - tourism and transportation-.
HEC signs MoU to promote creativity
Islamabad
April 14, 2021
Islamabad: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic partnership for enhanced cooperation on promoting entrepreneurship, innovation, and incubation at the Pakistani universities.
Dr. Shaista Sohail, Executive Director HEC, and Hashim Raza, CEO SMEDA signed the MoU during a virtual ceremony. HEC is successfully running two of its flagship programmes Offices of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation (ORICs) and Business Incubation Centres (BICs), extending services and facilitation to researchers, academicians, and students for research, innovation, commercialisation and incubation.
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Government working to promote innovation in industries: Fawad Minister says PCST tasked to carry out industrial national innovation survey to identify factors hampering innovation in industries
April 14, 2021
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Tuesday said that the government would promote innovation in industries for improving their competitiveness in national and international markets.
He said this while exchanging views with a delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry that called on him led by Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President Fatma Azim Senior Vice President, Abdul Rehman Khan Vice President ICCI, Omais Khattak, Umar Hussain and Rana Qaisar Shehzad Executive Members ICCI were in the delegation.