{"id":74720,"date":"2025-05-18T10:27:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T05:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=74720"},"modified":"2025-05-18T10:27:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T05:27:36","slug":"punjab-cm-maryam-makes-history-with-record-breaking-business-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/punjab-cm-maryam-makes-history-with-record-breaking-business-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab CM Maryam makes history with record breaking business loans"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: Chief Minister of Punjab<\/a>, Maryam<\/span> Nawaz<\/span> Sharif<\/span>,<\/span> has<\/span> broken<\/span> all<\/span> kinds<\/span> of<\/span> records<\/span> this<\/span> year<\/span> by disbursing more<\/span> than<\/span> Rs. 61 billion in business loans to more than 107,000 people<\/span> in just three months through<\/span> the Chief Minister\u2019s Easy Business Finance and Easy<\/span> Business<\/span> Card Schemes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Official<\/span> figures<\/span> revealed<\/span> that<\/span> the last<\/span> 90<\/span> days<\/span> saw<\/span> 57,913 new businesses start<\/span> in<\/span> Punjab<\/span>. These<\/span> businesses<\/span> received<\/span> Rs.<\/span> 23.91 billion in<\/span> loans<\/span> to start. Women entrepreneurs in Punjab have also\u00a0made a<\/span> major<\/span> impact<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For<\/span> the<\/span> previous<\/span> 90<\/span> days<\/span>,<\/span> 6,753 women entrepreneurs<\/span> used<\/span> Rs. 3.42 billion in loans to establish<\/span> and run<\/span> their businesses. The majority<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> loan<\/span> disbursement<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> centered<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> southern regions<\/span> of Punjab, including Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, and Bahawalpur.<\/p>\n

CM Maryam Nawaz has contended<\/span> with<\/span> officials<\/span> to work on all pending requests quickly. She also noted<\/span> that the Easy Business Card can now be verified<\/span> through<\/span> WhatsApp to<\/span> facilitate<\/span> easy<\/span> access<\/span> to<\/span> entrepreneurs<\/span>.<\/p>\n

An operational<\/span> plan<\/span> for financing<\/span> loans in<\/span> the export and manufacturing sectors is being<\/span> finalized<\/span>. In<\/span> a recent<\/span> top<\/span>-level meeting,<\/span> with<\/span> CM<\/span> included<\/span>, officials<\/span> at<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> Small<\/span> Industries<\/span> Corporation<\/span> (<\/span>PSIC)<\/span>\u00a0and partner<\/span> banks were<\/span> instructed<\/span> by<\/span> CM<\/span> Maryam<\/span> Nawaz<\/span> to<\/span> keep<\/span> the ball<\/span> rolling<\/span> for<\/span> both<\/span> Easy Business Finance and Easy<\/span> Business<\/span> Card<\/span> schemes<\/span> without any<\/span> interruptions<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Under CM Maryam Nawaz\u2019s Easy Business Finance Scheme, 3,010 people<\/span> received loans totalling<\/span> Rs 18 billion. Under<\/span> the<\/span> Easy Business Card Scheme,<\/span> 104,133 people obtained<\/span> loans totalling Rs 43 billion.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> authorities<\/span> engaged<\/span> in<\/span> processing<\/span> over 1.38 million applications under<\/span> the Card Scheme, lots<\/span> of<\/span> which<\/span> were<\/span> later<\/span> approved<\/span>. Among the top sectors attracting<\/span> funding<\/span> were service providers, with 61,996 contributors<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> scheme<\/span> receiving Rs 26.13 billion.<\/p>\n

For<\/span> trading, 24,522 contributors<\/span> received<\/span> Rs. 10.75 billion, and<\/span>\u00a010,699 applicants in small-scale agricultural<\/span> businesses received<\/span> Rs. 3.69 billion.<\/p>\n

Transportation businesses also thrived, with 1,312 entrepreneurs receiving Rs. 3.91 billion and\u00a0175 from<\/span> just<\/span> the<\/span> trading and distribution sector<\/span> obtaining<\/span> loans<\/span> totalling<\/span> Rs 3.94 billion.<\/p>\n

Interest also extends<\/span> to<\/span> professional services, agriculture, dairy, food, beauty, automotive, fertilisers<\/span>, and pesticides<\/span>. This flagship<\/span> financial inclusion agenda<\/span> encapsulates<\/span> Maryam Nawaz Sharif\u2019s ongoing<\/span> support<\/span> to foster<\/span> entrepreneurship and self-reliance development<\/span> in<\/span> all<\/span> corners<\/span> of<\/span> Punjab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: Chief Minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has broken all kinds of records this year by disbursing more than Rs. 61 billion in business loans to more than 107,000 people in just three months through the Chief Minister\u2019s Easy Business Finance and Easy Business Card Schemes. Official figures revealed that the last 90 days […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":46576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[28797,12446,28798],"class_list":["post-74720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-pakistan","tag-easy-business-card-schemes","tag-punjab-cm-maryam","tag-record-business-loans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74721,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74720\/revisions\/74721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}