Thought Behind Things

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?...

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 h...

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 w...

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...

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....

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 achi...

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 th...

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...

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...

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...

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?...

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’,...

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 st...

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 mental...

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 f...

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 sta...

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 t...

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-g...

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...

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, ok...

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 busines...

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 educa...

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 b...

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...

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...