Pakistan, Sept. 5 -- Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) in collaboration with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Friday organized a seminar on Cluster Based Lending Studies bringing together representatives of financial institutions, industry stakeholders, partner organizations and other key stakeholders to explore practical avenues for expanding financing to Pakistan's small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The seminar highlighted the importance of improving SMEs' access to formal finance and strengthening linkages between SMEs and the banking sector in line with SME development vision of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. SMEDA under guidance of Haroon Akhtar Khan, Advisor of PM, has maintained a longstanding collaborat...