{"id":103021,"date":"2025-08-08T17:03:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103021"},"modified":"2025-08-08T17:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:03:59","slug":"kp-extends-loan-to-promote-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-extends-loan-to-promote-small-businesses.html","title":{"rendered":"KP extends loan scheme to promote small businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has disbursed PKR 80 million in interest-free loans to over 15,000 small business owners in the Khyber district, aiming to boost economic activity in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Small Industries Development Board (SIDB), the initiative \u2014 part of a 13-year-old programme \u2014 is designed to support micro and small enterprises in the merged districts, including Landi Kotal, Jamrud, and Bara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-rolls-out-housing-initiative-with-interest-free-loans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KP offers interest-free loans for affordable housing <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials said the scheme has maintained a 100% recovery rate in the Khyber district, reflecting strong repayment discipline among beneficiaries. They added that the loans have helped residents establish and expand various businesses, ranging from retail shops to service ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KP government has announced plans to continue the programme to promote entrepreneurship and create sustainable livelihoods in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has disbursed PKR 80 million in interest-free loans to over 15,000 small business owners in the Khyber district, aiming to boost economic activity in the region. According to the Small Industries Development Board (SIDB), the initiative \u2014 part of a 13-year-old programme \u2014 is designed to support micro and small enterprises in the merged districts, including Landi Kotal, Jamrud, and Bara. Read: KP offers interest-free loans for affordable housing Officials said the scheme has maintained a 100% recovery rate in the Khyber district, reflecting strong repayment discipline among beneficiaries. They added that the loans have helped residents establish and expand various businesses, ranging from retail shops to service ventures. The KP government has announced plans to continue the programme to promote entrepreneurship and create sustainable livelihoods in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":94259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[67185,60336,20718,67183,45636,67184,2807,17183,1375,2515,67182,18262,67181,64920,67180,58821,60337],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-bara","9":"tag-business-support","10":"tag-economic-development","11":"tag-entrepreneurship","12":"tag-interest-free-loans","13":"tag-jamrud","14":"tag-job-creation","15":"tag-khyber-district","16":"tag-khyber-pakhtunkhwa","17":"tag-kp-government","18":"tag-landi-kotal","19":"tag-loan-scheme","20":"tag-merged-districts","21":"tag-microfinance","22":"tag-repayment-rate","23":"tag-sidb","24":"tag-small-businesses","25":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP extends loans to promote small businesses - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The loans have helped residents establish and expand various businesses, ranging from retail shops to service ventures...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-extends-loan-to-promote-small-businesses.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP extends loans to promote small businesses - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The loans have helped residents establish and expand various businesses, ranging from retail shops to service ventures...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-extends-loan-to-promote-small-businesses.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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