In episode 7, we're in conversation with Khizr Imran Tajammul, Founder Jaan Pakistan. Jaan Pakistan is an award-winning social startup, based in Lahore, Pakistan, dedicated towards researching, manufacturing and distributing affordable, clean-energy cooking solutions for low-income communities across Pakistan. On average, their consumers report 40% savings on cooking fuel expenses and their best selling product, the supreme cookstove, is expected to save up to 11,000 lives over the next 10 years.

Website: http://www.jaanpak.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaanpakenterprises1/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaanpakistanoff

Music is by the very talented Alif - @alif_bae

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Here's the TED Talk that Khizr mentions during the podcast, that inspired him to start Jaan Pakistan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qqqVwM6bMM&ab_channel=TED

In episode 6, we're in conversation with Asad Badruddin, co-founder Pakathon. Launched in 2013, Pakathon is a global organization with 85+ volunteers organized around eight volunteer chapters in the US, Canada, Middle East and Australia. By hosting events in cities abroad they connect the Pakistani diaspora to issues in Pakistan and scout for potential “Returners” – individuals who want to move back to Pakistan and do impactful work. Their flagship workshop is a global hackathon held simultaneously across all chapters that connects participants to domain experts and investors.

Website: http://www.pakathon.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PakathonGlobal

Twitter: @PakathonGlobal (https://twitter.com/PakathonGlobal)

Music is by the very talented Alif - @alif_bae

In Episode 5, we're in conversation with Maria Umar, founder and president of Women’s Digital League (WDL) which is doing its part to reduce the gap. WDL is an online platform that provides digital training and work to Pakistani women. It is a virtual firm providing digital services to clients, proudly owned and powered by Pakistani women. WDL is working for economic development of the country by mobilizing a vast dormant female workforce that is either discouraged from working outside or has trouble finding work opportunities.

Website: http://womensdigitalleague.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WomensDigitalLeague/

Twitter: @MariaUmar (https://twitter.com/MariaUmar)

Music is by the very talented Alif - @alif_bae

In Part 1 of Episode 1, we're in conversation with Abhinav Iyer, a Canadian-Indian who was visiting Pakistan for the first time, and his impressions of the country and experiences.

About "One Hit Wonders" - As we're having conversations with individuals around their Pakistani experience, sometimes we're finding it hard to push them into the existing series or those in the works. Hence, we decided to create a separate, unedited, raw, monthly series for all these "One Hit Wonders" that shine a different light on Pakistan.

In episode 4, we're in conversation with Saim Sohaib Siddiqui, founder of ProCheck. ProCheck aims to ensure access to genuine products for consumers and help manufacturers regain access to market share by eliminating product counterfeiting. They work with pharmaceutical manufacturers to assign a unique code to every medicine pack. By having every medicine with a unique I.D, replicating the packaging becomes ineffective for counterfeiters. Patients simply have to SMS the code to 8776, and within seconds, receive confirmation that their medicine is genuine. To date, they have booked orders to protect over 40 million units of different medicines.

Website: https://www.procheck.pk/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/procheck.pk/

Music is by the very talented Alif - @alif_bae

In episode 3, we're in conversation with Dr. Sara Khurram and Dr. Iffat Zafar Aga, co-founders of Sehat Kahani. Sehat Kahani is a telehealth platform that connects at-home out-of-work female doctors to underserved patients in low and middle income markets, providing access to quality health care, via 3 channels: access, prevention and efficiency. Sehat Kahani currently constitutes a network of 14 eHealth hubs across Pakistan, primarily across Sindh, Punjab and KPK. To date these centres have served more than 550,000 patients either directly or indirectly through its digital healthcare services.

Website: http://sehatkahani.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SehatKahaniOfficial/

Twitter: @sehatkahani (https://twitter.com/SehatKahani)

Music is by the very talented Alif - @alif_bae

In episode 2, we're in conversation with Haseeb Awan, who previously co-founded BitAccess, a Y combinator accelerated startup, which was one one of the first companies to successfully launch bitcoin ATMs across North America.

Haseeb Twitter: @haseeb (https://twitter.com/haseeb)

Music is by the very talented Alif - @alif_bae

In episode 1, we're in conversation with Shazia Khan and Jeremy Higgs, co-founders of EcoEnergy. EcoEnergy goes to the doorsteps of off-grid businesses and households to sell and service high-quality solar solutions. Backed by pay-as-you-go technology, they make electricity affordable to their customers by breaking it down into monthly installments and letting them pay for only what they use.

EcoEnergy Website: http://ecoenergyfinance.org/

EcoEnergy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EcoEnergyPK

EcoEnergy Twitter: @EcoEnergyPK (https://twitter.com/EcoEnergyPK)

Music is by the very talented Alif - https://soundcloud.com/alif_bae