
PSW launched Khadijah – The Women Entrepreneurship Program
Pakistan Single Window believes in providing a climate of inclusion to conduct international trade. To serve this purpose, PSW has launched Khadijah – The Women Entrepreneurship Program in Karachi on 15th December 2022 to empower women to learn sustainable trading mechanisms and build networks to participate in trade-related services and activities actively.

PSW expands benefits of cross-border trade for women
Pakistan Single Window aims to expand the benefits of international trade for women and promote #women's financial and #economic empowerment by supporting them to take their small, medium, or large enterprises to the international level. To serve this purpose, PSW has launched Khadijah – The Women Entrepreneurship Program.

PSW aims to provide a climate of financial inclusion to women traders to initiate start-ups
PSW aims to support women to contribute to the internal supply chains by providing them with a climate of financial inclusion to initiate start-ups and new ventures. To facilitate women, PSW launched the women entrepreneurship program ‘Khadijah’ with the objective to increase Pakistan’s women’s participation in international trade by 10% in 3 years.

PSW is providing support to women traders to upscale their business for export readiness
Pakistan Single Window (PSW) is well aware of the need for women’s participation in cross-border trade. For women entrepreneurs and traders, PSW is launching Khadijah - The Women Entrepreneurship program to help them upscale their business for export readiness. In this regard, PSW has launched ‘Khadijah’ – The Women Entrepreneurship Program.

PSW promotes sustainable means of developing a cross-border trading network
PSW promotes sustainable means of developing a cross-border trading network to support women’s entrepreneurship development. PSW has launched Khadijah – The Women Entrepreneurship Program which is focused on addressing & overcoming the challenges women face as entrepreneurs and business owners to help them to make an international client base and network.

PSW aims to reduce the challenges for capital raising within the internal trade ecosystem
Capital raising and trade financing are challenging for women-led micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) that play an increasingly important role in global trade. To facilitate women-led MSMEs to participate in international trade, PSW aims to reduce the challenges for capital raising within the internal trade ecosystem. PSW has launched Khadijah – The Women Entrepreneurship Program which is focused on addressing & overcoming the challenges women face as entrepreneurs.

CEO PSW Aftab Haider participation in 25th Sustainable Development Conference (SDC)
PSW’s CEO Syed Aftab Haider participated in the 25th Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) co-hosted by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and the Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives. In a panel discussion, Mr. Haider expressed how the inclusion in FTAs and GSP plus programs alone could not suffice to make Pakistani businesses competitive. He stressed the need to focus on disruptive technologies, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality as these technologies are finding their way into cross-border trade.

Improvement in internal governance must for holding EU special trade status
The government would have to ensure improvement in internal governance and compliance with global conventions to maintain its special status provided by the European Union (EU) on trade. In this regard, Aftab Haider, CEO Pakistan Single Window, said Pakistan is facing competition from rising competitors meeting the supply chain demands. He added that there is a need to take stock of our competitiveness in the prevailing scenario after GSP+. There is also a need to focus on disruptive technologies, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality as these technologies are finding their way into cross-border trades.

Pakistan Must Improve Internal Governance to Maintain GSP+ Status
The government would have to ensure improvement in internal governance and compliance with global conventions to maintain its special status provided by the European Union on trade. During a panel discussion, Aftab Haider, CEO Pakistan Single Window, said Pakistan is facing competition from the rising competitors meeting the supply chain demands. He added that there is a need to take stock of our competitiveness in the prevailing scenario after GSP+. There is also a need to focus on disruptive technologies, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality as these technologies are finding their way into cross-border trades.

PSW participated in the 5th Annual International Border Management Conference
PSW participated in the 5th Annual International Border Management Conference. The conference is organized by International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in Jordon, Amman, focusing on various topics related to border management as a part of comprehensive border governance. This topic, as a fil rouge, was discussed and presented from different perspectives, ranging from the academic point of view to the perception of practitioners. At the conference, Domain Officer PSW, Mr. Umair Mahmood presented the success story of PSW-Pakistan Single Window.