Pakistan, Sept. 17 -- There can be many reasons why the government and donors are investing in and promoting youth entrepreneurship in Pakistan. But if it being bet upon as the solution to youth employment and a major contributor to economic growth then current efforts require a course correction.

Meaningful new economic value does not come from creating digital marketplaces that cannibalize physical marketplaces. Nor from copying other global innovations before they make it into Pakistan. Because Pakistan is a free economy, if there is a market here then these global innovations will at a near point in the future expand into Pakistan with much better financing, management, and experience. It comes from new value addition. Making somethi...