{"id":58621,"date":"2019-12-14T10:03:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T05:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=58621"},"modified":"2019-12-13T11:46:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T06:46:41","slug":"e-commerce-policy-to-prioritise-smes-promotion-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/e-commerce-policy-to-prioritise-smes-promotion-development.html","title":{"rendered":"E-commerce policy to prioritise SMEs promotion, development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal government\u2019s e-commerce policy will focus on the promotion and development of the country\u2019s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), a news source quoted Joint Secretary (WTO) of the Ministry of Commerce Aisha Humera Moriani. She further stated that this initiative was geared towards making Pakistan a significant player in the global and regional digital economies.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sme-capacity-building-initiative-launched-across-pakistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SME capacity-building initiative launched across Pakistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She was addressing a seminar on the e-commerce policy of Pakistan; which was jointly organised by the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) and the Ministry of Commerce and Textiles in the capital city.<\/p>\n<p>She stated that Pakistan\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/special-platform-set-up-for-advertisement-of-pakistani-products.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> e-commerce<\/a> sales previously amounted to over PKR 20.7 billion, but increased by 93.7% in 2018 to reach the PKR 40.1 billion mark. This progress, she opined, reflected Pakistan\u2019s digital sales business potential.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/secp-approves-listing-rules-smes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SECP approves listing rules for SMEs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She added that such policies would help increase exports through enhanced e-platform activity, generate employment, empower the youth, and improve the digital business landscape of Pakistan &#8211; especially in remote areas.<\/p>\n<p>At the occasion, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Deputy Director Sharoon Rasheed also highlighted the role of the SBP in promoting e-commerce activity across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal government\u2019s e-commerce policy will focus on the promotion and development of the country\u2019s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), a news source quoted Joint Secretary (WTO) of the Ministry of Commerce Aisha Humera Moriani. She further stated that this initiative was geared towards making Pakistan a significant player in the global and regional digital economies. Read: SME capacity-building initiative launched across Pakistan She was addressing a seminar on the e-commerce policy of Pakistan; which was jointly organised by the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) and the Ministry of Commerce and Textiles in the capital city. She stated that Pakistan\u2019s e-commerce sales previously amounted to over PKR 20.7 billion, but increased by 93.7% in 2018 to reach the PKR 40.1 billion mark. This progress, she opined, reflected Pakistan\u2019s digital sales business potential. Read: SECP approves listing rules for SMEs She added that such policies would help increase exports through enhanced e-platform activity, generate employment, empower the youth, and improve the digital business landscape of Pakistan &#8211; especially in remote areas. At the occasion, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Deputy Director Sharoon Rasheed also highlighted the role of the SBP in promoting e-commerce activity across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":23688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14405,6066,14404],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-e-commerce","8":"tag-sbp","9":"tag-smes"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>E-commerce policy to prioritise SMEs promotion, development - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The federal government\u2019s e-commerce policy will focus on the promotion and development of the country\u2019s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), a\" \/>\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\/e-commerce-policy-to-prioritise-smes-promotion-development.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"E-commerce policy to prioritise SMEs promotion, development - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The federal government\u2019s e-commerce policy will focus on the promotion and development of the country\u2019s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/e-commerce-policy-to-prioritise-smes-promotion-development.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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