Thought Behind Things

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

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 MBS’s kingdom and USA? Have they become frenemies? With the world becoming multipolar, Europe is looking at post-American order. Where Shahid sees Europe in this new Eurasian dynamics? What’s happening between US and China? Will USA’s new form of propaganda work in 21st century? What’s happening with Uighurs in China? Tune in to know more on where Shahid sees Pakistan today and in coming 30 years! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Shahid Raza’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/schaheid

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 or Marshal plan? CPEC in Pakistan’s changing economic dynamics and regional connectivity? Why Central Asian Republic is a big deal? Why it is important? Why and how resolving Kashmir Issue is beneficial for India? Tune in to deconstruct Indian airstrike, what’s happening in Central Asia and how energy runs the world! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Shahid Raza’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/schaheid

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 Pakistan aren’t well executed yet? How YouTube content has changed over years and what does the future hold for content industry? What were the reasons for Dananeer’s virality? How different brands and channels stole his content? Tune in to know more on his relationship with Mehru, recent controversy between renowned photographers and where he sees Pakistan in coming years? Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Art By Wasif’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/artbywasif

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 sponsorship? Tune in to know more on her reaction to her own biopic, her upcoming travel show and what are her plans for future! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Zenith Irfan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zenithirfan

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 are about? What are his views on diss tracks and how it is not capturing the true essence of this art form? Why doesn’t he produce his songs in studios? Tune in to know more on the future for ‘Sunny Khan Durrani’ and what is happening in Pakistani rap industry! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Sunny Khan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunnykhandurrani

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 are STZs. Why Pakistanis generally do not invest in stock market. What is SECP sandbox? Tune in to know more on IPO’s, security token, cryptocurrency and what the future holds for businesses in Pakistan! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan SECP: https://eservices.secp.gov.pk/