Thought Behind Things

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 tonight’s guest, Saboor Akram. What has Saboor’s journey been like? How did he get his camera skills? How did he decide what path to take? When did he begin his professional career? Saboor’s breakthrough? How did he end up making the Spiderman fan fiction film? What steps did they take with the sensor board? The premiere and what were his learnings? What are his plans for the future? Why did he choose to go to Turkey? What is Saboor currently doing? What is an “Era film”? What problems do we face? What type of era film will he be making? Reason behind Pakistan's film industry's lag? What is the main problem that causes this? How can we solve this? Saboor’s thought on Rahim Pardesi’s film? What do we lack? Why are we behind the Indian cinemas? How has Saboor changed his mindset? Importance of finding the connection? What is the storytelling in Pakistan like? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode.  #thoughtbehindthings #muzamilhasan #filmmaking 00:00 Tonight’s guest: Saboor Akram 00:54 Saboor’s Journey! 02:25 How did he get his camera skills? 04:10 How did he decide what path to take? 06:23 When did he begin his professional career? 07:22 Saboor’s break-through 08:07 How did he wind up making a Spiderman fan film? 11:05 What steps did they take with the sensor board? 12:44 The premiere 12:53 What were his learnings? 13:17 What are his plans for the future? 19:36 Why did he choose to go to Turkey? 21:33 What is Saboor currently doing? 22:12 What is an “Era film”? 22:28 What problems do we face? 23:45 What type of era film will he be making?  26:01 Reason behind Pakistan's film industry's lag? 28:42 What is the main problem that causes this? 37:22 How can we solve this? 46:47 Saboor’s thought on Rahim Pardesi’s film  50:42 What do we lack? 51:07 Why are we behind the Indian cinemas? 55:41 Problem solving 58:18 How has Saboor changed his mindset? 1:01:38 Finding the connection 1:03:30 Storytelling in Pakistan 1:09:55 How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings   • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan   Saboor’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boorayy__/ One8nine Media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6akyz6EpkwyzBmKh0L2rSQ

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 tonight’s guest, Fahad Tanveer. Where has Fahad previously worked? What has Fahad’s Journey been like? How did he end up at LUMS and how did it go? Economics Vs. Development economics? How does this mix with political science? What did he do post-graduation? What was Fahad’s first business and how did he manage to do it? How was his MBA experience? Why should one do an MBA? The LUMS to Harvard journey and Fahad’s first job. Economics Vs. Finance? How was it like joining Telenor Easypaisa? Why did he end up moving to Nestle? What is PNL? What was it like working for Milo? Why did he leave it? Why did he choose to support his wife at the time? What program did he choose to do? When and why did he do his second masters? Where did they get the thought to start Edkasa? How did they figure out the problem? What solution did they find and how was it implemented? How and why did they scale it? Why should one pick Edkasa? Is change in the mode of assessment impacting them? How does tech evolve and how can it be made better? What will make a difference? How does he see Edkasa and Pakistan 30 years from now? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode.  Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings   • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan   Fahad’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fahadtanveer/ Edkasa’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edkasa/ One8nine Media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6akyz6EpkwyzBmKh0L2rSQ

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 tonight’s guest, Areeb Tariq. How was his trip to Nathia Gali? What has Areeb’s journey been like? What is his father's occupation? After O-Levels, how can you attend university? What gave him the ability to be so good at what he does? Was he a student and a worker? How did he move to Pakistan and how did it go? When did he begin freelancing, why did he do so, and how is it going? How does one go about becoming a competent graphic designer? The shift in mentality and how things are changing? What is RadicalX? Their courses and when to attend them? Why did he decide to build a community? How much does the course cost? Was he successful in cultivating talent in his classes? Karachi Vs. Islamabad culture. Ajeeb Studio, why did he choose to call it “Ajeeb”? When was this launched and what’s it about? What is fashion to Areeb? Is it possible for Pakistani street fashion to succeed? What’s different about the GenZ? A class on “How to Google?” How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode. Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings   • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan   Areeb’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/areebtariq111/?hl=en Areeb’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/areebtariq/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=pk RadicalX LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/radical-x/ One8nine Media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6akyz6EpkwyzBmKh0L2rSQ

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 tonight’s guest, Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman. What has Naeem’s journey been like? How did he enter into student politics, and why did he do so? In terms of politics, what happened back then? What is currently happening? Why is it so complicated? His thoughts on what happened in KPK? What’s the problem with this system? What’s the problem with this system? Why doesn't democracy flourish? How can the problem be solved? How can the feudal mentality be overcome? What does the government sector need to do? What are they planning to do? What happened in PMDC? What does he think should be done? Why couldn’t Karachi get the Sehat Card? Are Karachi's political parties now merely advocacy groups? Thoughts on making Karachi the federating unit? De facto & De Jure? Why were there no censuses and what impact does this have? What are the grounds for this? Population censuses, voter lists, and its practical implications. Loadshedding and wafaqi service quota? Are they ready for the elections? Karachi’s local body act? Do they have the right? What will the next local government election entail? What’s the actual problem with water and what’s the solution? How is the water being distributed? Does the Local Body have authority over this? Mass transit program and why has work not been done? How has the city managed to stay afloat? Current law and order situation in Karachi? What he has to say to the people of Karachi? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode. Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Hafiz’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naeemrehmanengr/?hl=en One8nine Media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6akyz6EpkwyzBmKh0L2rSQ

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 tonight’s guest, Javed Hassan. What has his journey been like? Getting into investment banking and moving back to Pakistan. The “Economics Advisory Group” and how it’s working? What’s Pakistan’s current economic situation? What does “default” mean? How much money does Pakistan currently owe and what’s our current account deficit? Why do we need IMF? Credit Default Swap (CDS)? What will the middle class do? Breaking it down for the layman and what he needs to worry about? What decisions should be taken right now? What in the last six months has caused inflation? Has the political uncertainty in the country impacted this? Why aren't we able to maintain our strength in this situation? Where did we go wrong? Elite capture and rent-seeking? How did other countries transform their economy? International pricing, economic complexity index? Which industries should we work on? Is education our main problem? What has our main problem been? What happened after Bhutto’s era? How to reduce corruption? Is there an impact on our financial system? Is there an impact on our financial system and real estate? What does “saving” mean? Is there still hope to change? How does he see the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode. Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings   • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan   Javed’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/javedhassan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor One8nine Media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6akyz6EpkwyzBmKh0L2rSQ

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 tonight’s guest, Syed Muhammad Faraz. Why are we talking about investment? What has his journey been like? What was his first job like? CCNA, CCNP, and how it helped secure a highly paid job? Failing CCIE and the reattempting it. How and why did he join Huawei? How did he learn about the stock market? What was Faraz’s first investment? What happened to the market at the time? Why did he resign and continue despite the loss? What did he do after? How was it like returning to the job market? Why did he go to UAE and how did it go? What is absconding, and how did it cost him a project? How did he pick himself up? Becoming an expert and participating in a contest. What happened next, and how did his life change? Moving back to Pakistan? Why wasn't a technical analyst taken seriously at the time? How did “Trade with Faraz” happen? What happened after the channel was made? How did he pull it off? What led to joining Sarmaaya.pk? Initiating training and how did it go? What has he done differently? What was the purpose of starting this? In the short or long term, what can we expect from the stock market? In the long term can we expect better companies? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and a lot more in today’s episode. Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings   • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan   Faraz’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tradewithfarazsyed Sarmaaya’s LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/sarmaayapk/?originalSubdomain=pk Coupon code for a 10% discount: 'TBTDiscount' One8nine Media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6akyz6EpkwyzBmKh0L2rSQ

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 tonight’s guest, Syed Muneeb Hasan Zaidi. What does his company do? What is this conversation going to be about? Muneeb’s Journey! What was it like to switch cultures because of moving? Why did he choose Fast University? Was he a good student? What went wrong? Applying to multiple universities? Did he feel pressured by his sibling's comparisons? Was his decision-making influenced? How was his experience in Fast? What was Islamabad like when he graduated? What happened post-graduation? Moving around for work? How does the system work? What has been his life like? The incident! How did it affect him? NDE - Near Death Experience? Astral projection Vs. Lucid dreams? His findings of the spirit world? How did he grow the way that he did? Social mobility? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode. Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Muneeb’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muneebhasan/?hl=en One8nine Media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6akyz6EpkwyzBmKh0L2rSQ

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 tonight’s guest, Mohammad Hadi. What has his journey been like? How was education in Islamabad at the time? What was it like in Islamabad in the 1990s? Going away from home for college and growing up in two separate sets of cultures. What was his academic experience like in England? Why Business and Economics? Was he a good student? How were his 15 years in Credit Suisse? Is investment banking in America like in the movies? What is the work culture in America? The importance of being driven? Why did he choose to leave Credit Suisse? Has the family adapted to the culture? Investment banking Vs. Private banking. What really happens on Wall Street? Can a gold rush begin in Pakistan? What can help support that shift? Will change accelerate at a faster rate? Starting Roamer and was it profitable? How did covid impact them and what did they do? How did Covid lead to launching Ezbike? What are their present locations and plans for expansion? All you need to know about it? How are they starting their own assembly unit and consumer products? Why should a customer buy this? Is this a subscription model? How are they reducing air pollution through this? How will they deal with theft? Are all batteries imported? How far can the EzBike go? What did they raise and what’s their vision? Will they ever expand to four-wheelers? Custom duty? What are their plans for the future? At what point can lithium-ion be indigenized? What are their plans for the consumer? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode. Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings   • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan   Hadi’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammadhadi/?originalSubdomain=pk One8nine Media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6akyz6EpkwyzBmKh0L2rSQ

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 tonight’s guest, Mustafa Kamal Khan. What is Fortitude? How did it all begin? What has Mustafa’s journey been like? Why did he decide on BBA? How long did it take him to adjust to the new culture? When did they first start making music? What inspired them to do it? What was the turning point for them? The idea to rap in Pashto. What is the Pashto rap ecosystem like? What was their initial method of recording and how did they go viral? Is there a stigma attached to rap music? Why hasn't KPK progressed to its full potential? Pioneers of Pashto rap. What topics do they focus on now and why? Is living in Australia impacting his musical journey? What is his current residence in Australia, and how is it? Is he still producing while in Australia? Mustafa’s opinion of the Pakistani rap industry? Will KPK be nationalized and transformed as it should be? What led to their selection to represent Zalmi? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode. Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings   • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan   Mustafa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pashto.rapper/ TBT shorts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6akyz6EpkwyzBmKh0L2rSQ

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 tonight’s guest, Imran Khan. What is Imran Khan's current emotional state? What are his thoughts on the international conspiracy? Why was it that the nation made him happy? Is it possible that what happened was a blessing in disguise? What impact has social media had? Imran Khan’s expectations from this times Haqeeqi Azaadi March? How does he feel about JKT and Aleem Khan? Zooming in on the Judiciary and the establishment. What is it that he wants to happen? Is it possible to bring about a systematic change? Is there ample time for him to find the right people? Where did the establishment go wrong? Imran Khan’s aim for foreign policy. Is a new constitution required? Why does democracy work better for the West? What gives him the confidence that he has a chance in future elections? What is being done in terms of content for GenZ? Why was Ertugal aired in Pakistan? Public mobilization. PTI without Imran Khan? Announcement of creation of investigative commission over cipher. What can Karachi expect? Has he become an anti-imperialist? How will Pakistan maneuver through this time? Soft Power and Health card? Why did he choose Usman Buzdar? How does he see the youth? How to tackle the problem of losing the talent of overseas Pakistanis? Any message for the PDM? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode.  Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings   • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan   Imran Khan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imrankhan.pti/ TBT shorts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6akyz6EpkwyzBmKh0L2rSQ