EDI
TOR’
S NOTE
I
n our l
at
est i
ssue, we l
ook at soci
al ent
er
pr
i
se
suppor
t syst
em i
n det
ai
l t
hr
ough a r
epor
t
or
i
gi
nal
l
y publ
i
shed by t
he Soci
al Devel
opment
Pol
i
cy I
nst
i
t
ut
e. Ther
e ar
e numer
ous pol
i
cy
i
ni
t
i
at
i
ves t
hat var
i
ous depar
t
ment
s i
n Paki
st
an
can t
ake t
o suppor
t compani
es t
hat oper
at
e usi
ng
t
he soci
al ent
er
pr
i
se model
. Umar Sai
f
, f
or
mer
Chai
r
man of t
he Punj
ab I
T Boar
d, i
s a vi
si
onar
y
who has done t
r
emendous wor
k on bui
l
di
ng
t
he I
T i
nf
r
ast
r
uct
ur
e i
n Paki
st
an, speci
f
i
cal
l
y f
or
t
he Punj
ab gover
nment
. I
n a f
i
r
esi
de chat wi
t
h
Khur
r
am Rahat at Daf
t
ar
khwan Lahor
e, Umar
Sai
f t
al
ks about i
nnovat
i
on, st
ar
t
ups and t
he
ent
r
epr
eneur
i
al ecosyst
em i
n Paki
st
an. Di
gi
t
al
Ki
san i
s a st
ar
t
up t
hat i
s wor
ki
ng on di
gi
t
i
zi
ng
f
ar
mi
ng f
or t
oday’
s wor
l
d - t
he f
ounder
, Anas i
s an
I
T pr
of
essi
onal
, who r
eal
i
z
ed t
he i
mpor
t
ance of
agr
i
cul
t
ur
e f
or a count
r
y l
i
ke Paki
st
an and st
ar
t
ed
a busi
ness ar
ound i
t
.
I
n t
oday’
s day and age when t
he uni
cor
ns ar
e
i
deal
i
zed and t
her
e ar
e onl
y a handf
ul of t
hem,
t
her
e ar
e al
t
er
nat
i
ve busi
ness model
s and
amongst t
hem i
s t
he cockr
oach st
ar
t
up. We
i
nt
r
oduce you t
o t
hi
s par
t
i
cul
ar speci
es i
n det
ai
l
and make a case f
or why st
ar
t
ups shoul
d st
r
i
ve
t
o be cockr
oaches i
nst
ead of uni
cor
ns
. We br
i
ng
you cover
age f
r
om Nat
i
onal I
ncubat
i
on Cent
er
’
s
gr
aduat
i
on cer
emony and t
he I
nvest
or Summi
t
t
hat t
he NI
C r
ecent
l
y or
gani
zed t
o showcase 18
st
ar
t
ups f
r
om al
l over Paki
st
an i
n f
r
ont of a r
oom
f
ul
l of VCs, angel i
nvest
or
s, (
al
most conver
t
ed)
angel
s, cor
por
at
es, execut
i
ves and obser
ver
s
.
The FATA Economi
c Revi
t
al
i
zat
i
on Pr
ogr
am
w as r
ecent
l
y l
aunched f
or young aspi
r
i
ng and
exi
st
i
ng ent
r
epr
eneur
s f
r
om t
he newl
y mer
ged
di
st
r
i
ct
s - dur
i
ng t
he pr
ogr
am t
he ent
r
epr
eneur
s
wi
l
l go t
hr
ough one-
mont
h i
ncubat
i
on t
r
ai
ni
ng,
f
ol
l
owed by a gr
ant pr
ovi
si
on af
t
er appr
oval of
t
hei
r busi
ness i
deas
. Al
l t
hi
s and mor
e i
n t
hi
s
i
ssue - happy r
eadi
ng!
SHEHAB F
ARRUKH NI
AZI