Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production, Haroon Akhtar Khan, will inaugurate the first-ever Made in Pakistan-SME Cluster Showcase Expo 2026 at Lahore Expo Centre on Saturday.
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has organised the three-day event.
The inaugural ceremony would be followed by a Symposium on “SME Development in Pakistan-Challenges and Policy Solutions” with Secretary MOIP Saif Anjum in the chair. President FPCCI, President LCCI and representatives of the SME development agencies of Malaysia and Azerbaijan will participate.
The second day sideline symposium would cover Digital Finance and Fintech for MSMEs by Mobilink Microfinance Bank, Marketing and Branding for MSMEs by Awais Bin Mehtab, a renowned marketing expert, followed by a panel discussion on Public Sector & SMEs, in participation with representatives from BOI, TDAP, PSW, PBS, Planning Commission, Provincial Industries departments and the Higher Education Institutions.
The third and last day of Expo will have a sideline inception workshop on the Banana Fibre FAO Project.
The SME Clusters Expo will be displaying products of 174 SMEs from 20+ clusters, expecting robust participation of visitors, who have been invited by SMEDA, including diplomats of various countries and the SME development agency representatives from Malaysia and Azerbaijan.
The Expo is expected to strengthen the country’s micro, small and medium enterprise ecosystem, expand market access and position SME clusters as a competitive pillar of the national economy in line with the SME development vision of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
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