{"id":751,"date":"2015-05-29T07:33:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T07:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/habib.edu.pk\/HU-news\/?p=751"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:19:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T06:19:22","slug":"going-avant-garde-calling-all-innovators-to-come-up-with-ideas-to-improve-karachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habib.edu.pk\/HU-news\/going-avant-garde-calling-all-innovators-to-come-up-with-ideas-to-improve-karachi\/","title":{"rendered":"Going avant-garde: Calling all innovators to come up with ideas to improve Karachi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong class=\"location\">KARACHI:\u00a0<\/strong>The \u2018I Am Karachi Innovation Challenge\u2019 was launched on Wednesday with the aim of fostering the culture of problem-solving and creating a society that opens avenues for innovators.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The launch was supposed to have taken place on April 27 but had been postponed to honour the deadly attack on T2F founder Sabeen Mahmud. A \u2018Bloggers\u2019 Meet-up\u2019 was held at Nest I\/O on Wednesday to launch the innovation challenge being organised by the Pakistan Innovation Foundation (PIF) and \u2018I Am Karachi\u2019.<\/p>\n<h4>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/882742\/going-avant-garde-calling-all-innovators-to-come-up-with-ideas-to-improve-karachi\/\" target=\"_blank\">complete article<\/a> at <em>Express Tribune<\/em> website<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI:\u00a0The \u2018I Am Karachi Innovation Challenge\u2019 was launched on Wednesday with the aim of fostering the culture of problem-solving and creating a society that opens avenues for innovators. The launch was supposed to have taken place on April 27 but had been postponed to honour the deadly attack on T2F founder Sabeen Mahmud. 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