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SMEs hold key to growth: SEDF chief

[ Khizar Pervaiz highlights financing gaps, skills shortage, calls for holistic support on Express Tribune podcast KARACHI: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), often described as the backbone of modern economies, remain central to Pakistan’s growth story but continue to face structural challenges, according to Khizar Pervaiz, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sindh Enterprise Development … Read more

Women centre to boost entrepreneurship, skills

. KOHAT: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday inaugurated a Women Business Development Centre in Kohat, built at a cost of Rs338.053 million, to promote women’s entrepreneurship, enhance vocational skills and expand their participation in the provincial economy. The centre was inaugurated by Provincial Minister for Local Government and Higher Education Meena Khan Afridi, accompanied by … Read more

Govt U-turn clears way for Mir Raza’s exhumation

Mir Raza Ali, owner of the popular dessert shop Wafflix, whose body was found in Gulistan-e-Jauhar after he was allegedly kidnapped from PECHS. SCREENGRAB/ Youtube KARACHI: Authorities on Friday restored the original medical board to oversee the exhumation and re-postmortem of Wafflix owner Mir Raza Ali, reversing a controversial decision that had triggered strong objections … Read more

JI-led protest swarms Rawalpindi

KKH blocked at multiple locations as citizens across division protested petroleum levy, inflation ROAD RALLY: Protestors cover the busy Murree Road, Rawalpindi, for miles, reserving it for their demonstration against inflation and petroleum prices for the day. PHOTO: EXPRESS ABBOTABAD/ RAWALPINDI: Protests against petrol prices and inflation overran Rawalpindi and neighbouring districts as political leaders … Read more