{"id":2986,"date":"2020-12-17T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T13:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2020-12-17T13:22:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T13:22:41","slug":"pm-khan-directs-to-increase-financial-assistance-to-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-business-news\/pm-khan-directs-to-increase-financial-assistance-to-smes\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Khan directs to increase financial assistance to SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister Imran Khan has stressed for\u00a0promoting\u00a0small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to improve the economic indicators which are already on positive trajectory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was chairing a&nbsp;meeting&nbsp;of National Coordination Committee on Small and Medium Enterprises in Islamabad on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister directed to achieve at the earliest the targets set for the promotion of SMEs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imran Khan said the SMEs are an important component of economy and their promotion will strengthen economy and create job opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was informed that the database of the SMEs is being updated on priority basis in order to extend timely facilities to them. 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