DR. UMAR SAI
F
ON STARTUPS, I
NNOVATI
ON AND
ENTREPRENEURSHI
P I
N PAKI
STAN
Me
e
t Dr
.
Uma
r S
a
i
f - be
hi
nd t
he f
a
c
a
de of a v
e
r
y s
e
r
i
ous pe
r
s
on,
t
he
r
e i
s a v
e
r
y l
i
v
e
l
y pe
r
s
on wi
t
h a l
ot of
i
nt
e
r
e
s
t a
nd pa
s
s
i
on f
or
Pa
k
i
s
t
a
n.
I
t ha
s be
e
n i
nt
e
r
e
s
t
i
ng t
o f
i
nd out f
r
om f
i
r
s
t ha
nd a
bout
hi
s s
t
or
y
; wh
y he
’
s i
n Pa
k
i
s
t
a
n a
nd wha
t he ha
s be
e
n doi
ng
,
c
omi
ng ba
c
k f
r
om MI
T a
nd he
a
di
ng one of t
he pr
e
mi
e
r
i
ns
t
i
t
ut
i
ons i
n t
he Punj
a
b g
ov
e
r
nme
nt
,
he
a
di
ng a l
ot of
i
nnov
a
t
i
v
e
i
ni
t
i
a
t
i
v
e
s f
or Punj
a
b I
nf
or
ma
t
i
on T
e
c
hnol
og
y Boa
r
d (
PI
TB)
.
He
ha
s done a l
ot not onl
y f
or t
he g
ov
t
,
f
or t
he ma
s
s
e
s a
nd f
or t
he
f
a
c
i
l
i
t
a
t
i
on of pe
opl
e
, but a
l
s
o s
e
t
t
i
ng up Pl
a
n 9 t
o r
e
a
l
l
y
e
nc
our
a
g
e e
nt
r
e
pr
e
ne
ur
s
hi
p a
nd i
nnov
a
t
i
on i
n t
he c
ount
r
y
whi
c
h t
o be hone
s
t s
t
a
r
t
e
d t
hi
s wa
v
e of i
nc
uba
t
i
on c
e
nt
e
r
s a
nd
e
nt
r
e
pr
e
ne
ur
s
hi
p r
e
l
a
t
e
d a
c
t
i
v
i
t
i
e
s i
n t
he c
ount
r
y a
nd now
ha
v
i
ng hi
s own s
t
a
r
t
up s
o he
’
s r
e
a
l
l
y be
e
n wa
l
k
i
ng t
he t
a
l
k
,
s
o we
be
g
i
n b
y a
s
k
i
ng hi
m how i
t a
l
l s
t
a
r
t
e
d out
. Thi
s i
nt
e
r
v
i
e
w i
s
ba
s
e
d on a f
i
r
e
s
i
de c
ha
t be
t
we
e
n Dr
. Uma
r S
a
i
f a
nd Khur
a
m
Ra
ha
t who i
s Di
r
e
c
t
or Da
a
S & Cl
oud a
t T
e
l
e
nor Pa
k
i
s
t
a
n - t
he
f
i
r
e
s
i
de c
ha
t t
ook pl
a
c
e a
t Da
f
t
a
r
k
hwa
n L
a
hor
e
.