Felicitation: SMEs welcome minister for industries

Immediate requirement of the sector is energy and exemption from import duty, sales tax on alternate energy requested.

KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has welcomed the appointment of Ghulam Murtuza Jatoi as the federal minister for industries and felicitated him and assured him full support.

President Unisame Zulfikar Thaver said the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector is confident that Murtaza Jatoi with his vast experience in business and agriculture will be able to resolve the issues faced by the sector. He said the immediate requirement of the sector is energy and requested an exemption from import duty and sales tax on alternate energy systems. The other most important requirement is law and order especially in Sindh and demands the immediate attention of the government.

He invited the attention of the federal minister to the lack of facilities and incentives for the SMEs and urged him to examine the needs of the sector and impress upon the cabinet to give priority to the sector along with housing which will reflect positively on the economy. 

Published in The Express Tribune, June 9^th, 2013.

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