Pakistan, Aug. 6 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday underscored the significance of SMEs as the engine of inclusive growth, innovation, and employment and termed them as enablers of national strength saying, "empowering them means empowering Pakistan."

The prime minister chaired a high-level meeting of the Steering Committee of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), underlining the government's firm commitment to promote small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as a backbone of national economic growth, a Prime Minister's Office news release said.

Speaking at the meeting, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif emphasized that small and medium-sized businesses play a pivotal role in the development and prosperity of t...