Thought Behind Things

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 diet important with gym? How he came up with the idea of ‘GetFitAthletic’ app? How will it work? How will it make life easier? Tune in to know more on fitness, dieting and when his app will be launched! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Get Fit Athletics’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getfitathletic/?hl=en Ali Hamza’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alihamzabaloch

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 role Taliban played in all these years? Are there any other groups that control Afghanistan of today? What Afghan people think of Pakistan and its role throughout? Tune in to know more on how important Pak-Afghan partnership is and what can Pakistan do that could change the history of the region! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Salman Javed’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/M_EssJay

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 services he is currently providing? What is data engineering? Was he always interested in it? Does he see the change coming in with it? Why in Pakistan we still struggle with simplified IT tasks? Why we still have not been able to crack user experience? Talking about freelancing in the second half, why Ehmad think you shouldn’t start with freelancing especially in web? What a fresh graduate should do right after graduation? What he thinks about degree vs. skill? How university is important? Tune in to know more on why he started his YouTube channel, what type of content he is creating and what’s the future of it! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Ehmad Zubair’s socials: · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ehmadzubair/ · YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/EhmadZubair

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 particularly? What are the Qs like in CSS interviews? How many total groups are in CSS? What are they? How many optional and compulsory courses are? Do score defines merit or does elected subject? Was she always interested in current affairs? How important current affairs is for CSS exam? How her experience with postal group has been like? Has she joined the services? Tune in to know more on IMO, her thought behind empowerment & financial inclusion content and why our gender conversations are very performative! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Hina Sikandar’s Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/drhinasikander/

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 Pakistan? Instead of waiting for government to act, why we don’t privately commercialize this industry? Why we wait for opportunities in Pakistan instead of creating them? Tune in to know more on SPARCO, their plan after graduation, how they see Pakistan today and in next 10 years! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan NUST rocket team’s Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nustrocket

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 the events? Was Afghan war situation being the reason Zia came into power? What was the involvement of India in all this? How and why 1980’s warlord started? Did Pakistan support Taliban’s? How the rise of Taliban affected Pakistan? Tune in to know on the events of Iran revolution, Geneva convention, Hyderabad saazish, London group, how it affected the overall ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Nationalism wave in Pakistan, Al-Qaeda and so much more! Books mentioned by Salman: 33 Strategies Of War by Salman Javed, What We Won by Bruce Riedel & Dekhna Khalifa Choot Na Jaye by Abdullah Azzam Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Salman Javed’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/M_EssJay

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 consumption? Is there availability of water? What are the solutions to this problem? Is there enough replenishment of water in Pakistan? How big of a problem sanitation is for Pakistan? Is our developmental sector working on it? Tune in to know more on opportunities in developmental sector and how he feels about virtual connectivity! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Masroor Ahmad’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masroor-ahmad-17212314b/

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 works? How they manage finances? What’s the business side of things? How one can have this app? Is this startup sustainable? How they have been able to launch internationally? Are they looking to scale? How they find world and society around them? How does it feel to be able to bring such change for their community? Tune in to know more on DeafTawk, Pakistani Sign Language, how one can learn and register as an interpreter and how they see Pakistan today and in the future! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan DeafTawk socials: · Website: https://www.deaftawk.com/ · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deaftawk/ · Twitter: https://twitter.com/deaftawk

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 accept it as our own? How he sees the lack of availability of content in Urdu language? What he thinks about single national curriculum? Having multiple regional languages brings diversity, is it a problem or opportunity? What can we do unify them? Is Urdu language being imposed on us? Tune in to know more on his working experience in Baluchistan, what he thinks the Urdu literature is headed and how he sees young generation’s passion for exploring this language! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan

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 banking in Pakistan? What RAAST is? What will be its impact in banking sector? Will banks adopt to it or not? Is RAAST another way to track your money? Tune in to know on blockchains, cryptocurrencies and more! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Hamayun Sajad’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-hamayun-sajjad-9208176