Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings Celebrating 100 episodes milestone with our tonight’s guest, Usra Murtaza. This episode explores her journey, from growing up thinking of being a homemaker to be financially independent at 22. What were her majors? What did she want to pursue growing up? Why did she not go for CS? How has she applied at Lolzstudios? How it changed her life? How was her transition from university to profess...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 1
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Babar Khan Javed, this episode explores the advertising and marketing niche of journalism. How he became interested in it? Does he have a degree in journalism? How long he has been working in profit? Is it profitable? What is the model to protect the beat of advertising and reportin...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 100
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Emad Bukhari, this episode explores his journey. Has he done all his schooling at LGS? How was his experience? How school destroys self-esteem? When has he started YouTube? What inspired him? What type of content he is interested in making now? How does he see the content industry r...
May 31, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 99
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Shahid Raza, this episode explores Pakistan’s nuclear program. How nuclear technology started? What's the background? What was the reason for a country like Pakistan to start a nuclear program? How has it evolved? How Babur III operates? What was India’s cold start strategy against ...
May 28, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 98
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Raheel Waqar, CEO of White rice, this episode explores social change with design. What White Rice is? What inspired them to name it ‘white rice’? What a behavior design agency does? How has he gotten into this space? What are the objectives behind their projects? Why context is impo...
May 26, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 97
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Fizza Jamal, this episode her journey in new media as a woman. How it all began for her? How has she applied to NUST? How was her experience? Where has she done her F.sc from? How she did her masters from China? How empowering her experience of China was? Why she loves it so much? W...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 96
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Asadullah Khan, a Broadcast journalist/Anchorperson, this episode explores his journey into broadcasting. How has he gotten into journalism? What was he doing before that? News media is often contextualized in a very cynical manner, what he has to say about that? Does TV spread fake...
May 21, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 95
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Dananeer Mobeen, the ‘pawri hori Hai’ girl, this episode explores her journey before and after her viral video. How she feels about all this new attention? What has been journey before the pawri video? When she made her account public on Instagram? How long she has been making conte...
May 19, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 94
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with HEC Chairman Dr. Tariq Banuri, this episode explores HEC and what factors led to his ousting. What was his journey? How has he ended up in academia? Which think tank was established by him? What role did he play in sustainable goals? What role did he play in the formation of HEC? Ho...
May 17, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Dr. Ahsan Aurangzeb, Medical Director Ayub Teaching Hospital, this episode explores covid vaccines and the healthcare system of Pakistan. How has he gotten into medicines? What does he think of the medical system of Pakistan? What sehat Insaaf card is? Is it successful? Where does our public health system stand? How regulation in medicines work? Why students prefer goi...
May 12, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 92
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with AC Islamabad, Awaid Irshad Bhatti, this episode explores his journey to civil services. Where he went to college? What is the story behind Aitchison college? Why he went to Holland? How many countries he has traveled? How traveling is different from tourism? Why had he transferred t...
May 10, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Dr. Adnan Rafique, country director for USIP for Pakistan, this episode explores peace building, security, state, and democracy. How has he got into the direction of peace building? Where he got his education from? What was his master’s thesis on? What he did between his masters and PhD? Did he started working for USIP right after coming back to Pakistan? Which nationa...
May 07, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 90
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Ahmed Sarym, this episode explores Sarym’s journey from being Pakistan’s youngest journalist at 11 to starting his own production house at just 17. How he became a journalist at 11? How has he ended up writing for big publications at just the age of 12? Which school did he go to? Wh...
May 05, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 89
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Zeenat Ahmad, this episode explores how she enrolled herself in CA despite her financial issues. Why has she wanted to do CA? Was it her dream? What is her family financial situation? Why even being among the toppers in matric and intermediate she didn’t go for medicals? How has she...
May 03, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 88
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Hamza Bhatti, this episode explores career counseling and the lack of it. Where he lived growing up? Why didn’t he go for masters after graduation? What was his thought behind ‘BhaiLog’ agency? Why couldn’t he attend the conference in Belgium? What a communication expert does? Growi...
Apr 30, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Naba Khalid, this episode explores her journey from architecture to photography. When has she started her business? Were her parents supportive? What’s her entry test for architectural engineering looked like? When has she started wedding photography? Has COVID affected her business? Who according tot her are the good photographers in Islamabad? What’s her thesis about...
Apr 28, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Ali Hamza Baloch, this episode explores fitness and dieting. What he did after A-levels? How his interest in gym developed? How he started coaching? How his father reacted to his passion? How he self-trained himself? How long he has been doing this? What are some myths behind diet plan? What is the difference between dietician and nutritionist? Aren’t they the same? Is...
Apr 26, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Salman Javed, this episode explores civil war. What’s happening recently in current affairs? What’s the history of Afghanistan’s war on terror? Did Afghanistan go lawless after 1979? Was there a proper system after it? What cost of war Pakistan had to pay on terror? When civil war started in Afghanistan? Is it going on war again? What’s US policy for this region? What ...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 84
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Ehmad Zubair, this episode first explores web development and its utility. What industry Ehmad was working in before? What is web back-end? How it works? Beyond WordPress, what’s the technical utility for web development? How vital it is? Is he still working in a company? What servi...
Apr 21, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 83
International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Dr. Hina Sikandar, this episode explores civil services of Pakistan. What she graduated in? How CSS happened for her after that? Was her family supportive? Dis she took a break for CSS exam? How everyone reacted to her results? Why people fail in CSS? Why Pakistanis fail in English ...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with NUST rocket team, this episode explores space & its potential industry in Pakistan. How a team from Pakistan is participating in spaceport America cup? What’s a sounding rocket is? Do they have a sound rocket for the competition? What’s the practical use of their rocket? What’s the technological use of their rocket and what could be the possible future use of it in...
Apr 16, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Salman Javed, this episode explores the timeline of Afghanistan Pakistan relationship and why both states did what they did? How the timeline from 1947 to 1963 affected Pakistan Afghan relations? How things git better from 1963 Tehran accord? What happened after Dawood khan came into power again in 1973? What’s Pakhtoon Zalmay? How the period from 1975 to 1979 turned t...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Masroor Ahmad, this episode explores water and sanitation in Pakistan’s developmental sector. How did he end up in water and sanitation sector? What is the new arrangement in Nigeria and Somalia he is working on? Are their government responding well to them? Will Pakistan be a water scarce nation by 2025? Will we run dry? Is this true? Is our recharge more than our con...
Apr 12, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Ali Shabbar and Wamiq Hassan, co-founders of DeafTawk, this episode explores their journey and their startup on how they are bridging gap for millions of deaf people. How it has been like for them growing up in Pakistan? Was it easy to get education in Pakistan? Why had they decided to leave their corporate jobs? How they came up with DeafTawk? What DeafTawk is? How it...
Apr 09, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 78
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Dr. Muhammad Iftikhar Khokhar, this episode explores Urdu language and children literature. How much work he has done for this cause? When he started writing? Why he shifted to literature after studying journalism? How is he managing writing and academics simultaneously? When has he moved from Islamic University to Riphah? Talking about Urdu curriculum, why we couldn’t...
Apr 07, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Hamayun Sajad, this episode explores digital economy of Pakistan. How did he end up in banking sector? How his experience has been like in Australia? Does he think digital boom is happening in banking? Why don’t we have acceptance for digital payments like QR or credit cards? When will PayPal come in Pakistan? What are the hurdles in it? Where does the regulation of ba...
Apr 05, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Shahid Raza, this episode further explores strategic relations around the globe and how it affects Pakistan. What is meant by superstate? How important Iran Turkey rail link is for Pakistan? What’s happening in Middle East today and in coming years how things will unfold? With UAE’s and Israel’s agreement, how geopolitical situation will change? What’s happening with M...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Shahid Raza, this episode explores the strategic affairs of Pakistan and neighboring countries. Why he got interested in strategic affairs? How he sees the changing dynamics between India and Pakistan? Is there a nationalism wave in India? Where will it lead them? Where India Pakistan peace process stands? Is CPEC really the next East India Company? Is it a debt trap o...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Art by Wasif, this episode explores multiple areas of his journey. How long he has been doing YouTube? What degree he graduated in? Is there any commercial aspect to it? How his vlog from Lahore to Delhi got viral? What’s the journey has been like since then? How his interests in drone developed? What’s his digital empire look like right now? Why wedding films in Pakis...
Mar 29, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Zenith Irfan, this episode explores her journey behind ‘The Motorcycle Girl’. How she started riding bike? What was her father’s dream? What problems her family had to face? When she started traveling on bike? How was her first trip to Khunjerab happened and what were the challenges she had to face? How ‘The Motorcycle Girl’ film happened for her? How she got her first...
Mar 26, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 72
