Terms of Use

By accessing or using the official digital platform of the Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), Government of Pakistan, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms of Use.

If you do not agree to these terms, you must refrain from using this portal, downloading publications, or accessing administrative and citizen advisory systems.

SMEDA reserves the right to amend, update, or replace these Terms of Use at any time without prior individual notice. Continued utilization of the portal constitutes formal acceptance of updated provisions.

The resources provided on this portal—including over 300 pre-feasibility studies, business guides, contract templates, financial calculation modules, and district profiles—are made available to foster entrepreneurship and industrial development in Pakistan.

Entrepreneurs, students, researchers, financial institutions, and business consultants are authorized to view, download, print, and utilize these documents strictly for enterprise evaluation, project formulation, academic research, and non-commercial business planning.

Public access to SMEDA pre-feasibility documents is provided free of statutory charge as a federal public service.

Users are strictly prohibited from reselling, licensing, or commercializing SMEDA pre-feasibility studies, publications, or databases for private monetary gain without explicit written authorization from the Authority.

You must not attempt to compromise, probe, or breach the security architecture of the portal, deploy automated scrapers or bots causing distributed denial of service (DDoS), or introduce harmful code into the system.

Impersonating SMEDA officials, claiming false affiliation with the federal authority, or misrepresenting official government grants and loan schemes is punishable under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) and Pakistan Penal Code.

All materials, domain names, logos, branding, computational models, and digital content published on this site are protected by statutory copyright under the laws of Pakistan and belong exclusively to SMEDA and the Government of Pakistan.

Citations, excerpts, and references to SMEDA data sets are permitted in scholarly and professional publications provided full and unambiguous attribution is given to the Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority.

Financial projections, equipment costs, internal rate of return (IRR) estimates, and operational budgets depicted in SMEDA pre-feasibility studies represent indicative economic models calculated at specific baseline indices.

Entrepreneurs must conduct independent market validation, current price verification, and site-specific techno-commercial due diligence prior to committing capital investments. SMEDA shall not be held liable for commercial variances or operating losses.

These Terms of Use and any claims or disputes arising out of the use of this portal shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

The competent courts situated at Islamabad and Lahore shall possess exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any legal proceedings arising hereunder.