Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Sunny Khan Durrani, this episode explores rapping genre of music. How Sunny got into rapping? What’s his story? Why out of all genre he got interested in raps? Has the rapping industry matured enough in Pakistan? What is his writing process is? Why there is so many emotions penned down in his songs? How important lyrics are in rapping? What his first or second albums a...
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Abdul Rahim Ahmad, Chief Information Officer of SECP, this episode explores Pakistan’s business industry and what the government is doing for it. What SECP is? What are the roles of SECP? What are Pakistan’s business rankings in World Bank? Is startups registration easy. How can you register your business online? What are post COVID business numbers in Pakistan. What a...
Mar 22, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Ismat Gul Khattak, Director General of Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC), this episode explores accreditation body of Pakistan. What accreditation is? What role they play in export and import of Pakistan? What’s her background? How she was able to achieve all that she has? Was her visit to 50 different countries for professional arrangements? What’s ‘Gatew...
Mar 19, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Faheem Azam, a Multipotentialite, having many interests and creative pursuits. He’s a writer, director, actor, stand-up comedy performer. This episode explores Faheem’s journey and the insights he has to offer on the media industry. How he got into media side of things? How has he groomed himself in all art forms? How he became part of ‘Teeli’? Why theatre in Islamabad...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Mazher Arshad, this episode explores PSL and cricket in Pakistan. How he got interested into cricket statistics. What happened to PSL6? When PSL will resume? Is PSL a world-class league? How lucrative it is? How much profitable PSL is for franchises? To what extent, technology is being used in cricketing? Why PSL franchises have not been able to build an association wi...
Mar 15, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Rehan Allahwala, this episode explores the power technology has and can technology change the way how politics is done. How has he got into tech? What’s his journey has been like? What is he working on now? What ‘Insan party’ is? What’s his motive with it? Why are we running after macros changes instead of micro? Tune in to know more the impact of technology on politic...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Mirza Abeer, CEO at ASAP- Association for Smoking Alternatives in Pakistan, this episode explores smoking alternatives that can used. Was Abeer a smoker? How he came up with the idea of ASAP. What are the different alternatives available for the smokers? Is vaping safer than smoking cigarettes? What are the health repercussions of those alternatives? Do e-cigarettes ca...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Saad Munawar, the first person to traverse all 3 highest mountain ranges in the world covering 665km in 23 days, this episode explores the incident of Ali Sadpara and mountaineering as a sport. How he got into this sport. What his relationship with Ali Sadpara was like? What his documentary was about? What was the vision of Ali Sadpara? Has Saad done any international ...
Mar 01, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Asim Ismail Jafrani, chairman Al-Wasila Trust, this episode explores how charity can be done in multiple ways. How long he has been doing his charity work? What motivated him? How Al-Wasila is impacting lives? What are his other ventures i.e., ‘Rehan Sehan’, ‘Powerbox’, ‘Saya Homes’, ‘Safaiwala’, ‘Ishara foundation’? How it has been working for him so far? What challen...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Laeeq Ahmad, this episode explores investments in stocks. Why investments are important and necessary? How to define which stock to invest in. What are the fundamentals to consider before investing? What areas of investments are Sharia Complaint? Why Laeeq invested in stock exchange rather than investing on business or real estate? What compound investment is? Why stoc...
Feb 24, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Professor Ahsan Malik, this episode explores scope of engineering in the coming future. When and why, he got into teaching engineering? What are the major opportunities for hardware engineering? What are the opportunities of it in developing nations? Has student’s mentality evolved over time? What can a student do to become a well-rounded member of the industry? What i...
Feb 22, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Hisham Sarwar, this episode explores his journey and freelancing. When he started? How has he started? How long he has been self-employed? How he became mainstream with Digi skills? Importance of client retention. Does freelancing has a future? What’s the next plan for freelancing? What was his thought behind his blog? Tune in to know on digital divide, importance of w...
Feb 19, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Fasieh Mehta, this episode explores how to start a successful business. What’s the entrepreneurship environment in Pakistan? What is seed level funding? What’s the prospect of a young graduate stepping into startups? How buy in business model works? What makes a good startup? What are the challenges faced by small scale businesses? What’s techno creative person? Is the...
Feb 17, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Uloomi Kareem Shaheen, this episode explores MMA fighting. How Uloomi developed his interest? When he started fighting professionally? Does this sport have monetary benefits? Was he a troubled child? Is there any correlation between fighting and letting out anger? Will this sport be commercialized in future? Tune in to know about the philosophy behind mixed martial art...
Feb 15, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Arslan Ash, this episode explores his journey and e-sports industry in Pakistan. How has he got into gaming? When he started playing? Why wasn’t arcade culture supported? How he started playing nationally? How old he was when he won nationals? How did internationally e-gaming happen for him? Where he sees gaming industry of Pakistan? What is FGC’s? Tune in to know more...
Feb 12, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Farhat Hussein, this episode explores the tales of 1971 from a civilian’s perspective. What has he experienced during 1971 war? What happened during 1971? How long he had to live in India? How Indian warden treated them? Did his family know about his whereabouts? What he thinks of today’s Pakistan? What he thinks about Seth Abid? Did he work directly under him? Was he ...
Feb 08, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Omer Pervez Khan, this episode investments deeply. What investment is? What ROI and inflation is? What are the good areas of investment? How to diversify money? Does not saving money impacts economy? Tune in to know more on cash printing, bitcoin, and the coming good, okay and worst-case scenario of world’s economy! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/t...
Feb 05, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Meenah Tariq, this episode explores startups and venture capitalism. How she ends up in entrepreneurship and VC. How investment works in startups? What is the buy in for her hedge fund? What is fit product marketing and why it is important. Do we have strong business cases in Pakistan? Why do we not have localized success stories in mainstream media? Do incubation cent...
Feb 03, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Abdullah Khattak, this episode explores his journey. How he started. What happened to his previous channel? Is there any correlation between blogging and influencers with medical background? How he sees YouTube industry of Pakistan? What were his thought behind his educational content? What is his plan with medicines? Tune in to know more on TikTok, his liking toward w...
Feb 01, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Qazi Saleem, this episode explores foreign services and relations of Pakistan. Who Qazi Saleem is? When has he joined foreign services? What life of a foreign officer is like? Were Pakistan’s historical foreign decisions right at the time? How western policy lens can’t be right all the time? How important Turkey’s alliance is for Pakistan. Where will India be in next f...
Jan 29, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings Celebrating our FIRST FIFTY episodes with you. Thank you so much for all the love you have shown us, it means the world to us. In conversation with Khayyam Sajid, this episode explores his journey. How he started. Why he chose to work behind the camera. What was his environment like when he grew up? His special bond with mother. His passion. Tune in to know more on productivity, gender, an...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Khizer Khan, this episode explores his journey. How and when he started social commentary? When has he moved back to Pakistan? What his experience has been liked? Is GenZ smarter? What are his thoughts on online exams and student’s activism around it? What is the future of his content? What he consumes? What are his thoughts on relationships and dating culture? Why it ...
Jan 25, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Khalilullah Khan, this episode explores analytics of freelancing. How his journey started? How target demographics works? How has he started YouTube? What kind of content he created initially? What was his breakout moment? What SEO is and how it works? What power local language has? Tune in to know about monetization with premium content, marketing, niche-based content...
Jan 22, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Umair Qureshi, this episode explores education system of Pakistan. What is ‘thinking school organization’? How it is different? What is the primary purpose of education? Do we need higher education? What is vocational training? Why we lack in it in Pakistan? What is the debate on ‘Single National Curriculum’? Tune in to know more on critical thinking, Montessori system...
Jan 20, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Sayem Ali, this episode explores economy of Pakistan. What Sayem does? How has his journey been like? Where is Pakistan’s economy headed? What financial issues current government had to faced? How the current pandemic affect world’s economy? What are our focus areas? Why is tax evasion happening? Tune in to know about RAAST- digitized payment system, Elon Musk and stoc...
Jan 18, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Siddique Jaan, this episode explores Siddique Jaan’s journey from TV reporting to YouTube reporting. What his experience in journalism has been like? How and when he started? Why has he shifted to YouTube? What he thinks about news channels not having enough revenues? Will new media change the news consumption? Why digital space does not get the same respect? Tune in t...
Jan 15, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Ali Ilyas, this episode explores toxic positivity. What toxic positivity is? How to contextualize it? What role social media play in it. How we deal with it. Why we are taught to deal with emotions, especially negative emotions? Tune in to know more on how our social and culture imagery can be toxic too! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehind...
Jan 13, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Azad Chaiwala, this episode first explores some disagreements people have with Azad Chaiwala. Then later move on to problem solving on educational side of the things. Can everyone be a businessman? Why Azad Chaiwala get views? What are his views on women working? Do we love to outsource responsibility? Why we need universities? How can universities evolve? What’s the s...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 44
In conversation with Ali Ilyas, this episode explores with heartbreak and loss. Have we all experienced heartbreaks? How to deal with a breakup? How sudden end to a long relationship can make you think that your whole life was lie. How to restart or reimagine your life after it? How productivity culture can be toxic. Tune in to know more on love, loss, and death! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Ali’s Instagram: http...
Jan 06, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Muaz Ali Qureshi, this episode explores his journey. How Muaz started. How he got into creative industry. What was his breakthrough point? How he managed his university & work. What his parents do? Besides wedding, what else does Muaz cover? What was his vision while starting? Will he ever get into content creation? Why he is like by so many clients? Tune in to kno...
Jan 04, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 42
