Pakistan, May 14 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed that the commercial banks take steps to ensure the access of women entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to easy loans, besides assisting them in exporting their products.

The prime minister, chairing a review meeting here regarding government measures for the uplift of SMEs, said that the SMEs held full potential for the development of the national economy and increasing the exports.

He said it was encouraging that Special Assistant to PM for Industries and Production, Haroon Akhtar Khan and his SMEDA team were working on an emergency basis to provide easy credit, digital financing, inclusion in the formal economy, and access to export markets for S...