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In conversation with tonight’s guest, Kashif Hafeez Siddiqui. What has Kashif’s Journey been like? Have our teachers changed over time? How does “Shayari” help us in practical life? Do poets still exist in today's world? Is it useful for communication? Teaching Urdu to our kids and the educational journey. What was Kashif’s first job? Joining “Oasis” & pursuing master's. Which jobs did he change? How did “Pulse Consulting” begin? Where is the company right now? What did he learn during his marketing research and what are the different cultural bands in Pakistan? The socio-economic classes in Pakistan and PSLM? What is his opinion of the media? Where is Media’s viewership headed? How do you define your target market? How are they gathering insights? Is digital media replacing traditional methods? What is their analysis of the youth of Pakistan? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode.

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In conversation with tonight’s guest, Haseeb Khan. What has his journey been like? The BNU experience? Can defining your children's lives have an impact on them? Why did he choose to pursue design back then? What is the importance of freelancing? Haseeb’s experience in 9Lines and how did he begin to get additional work? What was it like to work in the fashion industry? Fashion Designer Vs. Corporate brands? Was it a collaborative effort? What kind of gear did they use? Why did he shift from Canon to Sony? Why do they use A7R3 & A73? When did he leave fashion and what did he shift to? What aspects of Product Photography did he tap into? Why did he start his own business? How did he meet his wife? How did they end up getting married? What does his wife do? Does working in the same place affect them? What do they sell on Mytype.Store? How was it sourcing from Pakistan? Are their supplies currently in order? How many returns do they get? Are they creating a lifestyle brand? Does Sales Tax impact them? How do they plan on scaling it? The importance of boosting your product? Can we upscale our designers? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode.

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In conversation with tonight’s guest, Haziq Ahmed. What has Haziq’s journey been like? The self-exploration stage, what exactly is TIP, and how did he end up there? What were the teachers there like? What is textile 101? Textile product science and their buying house? How did he figure out this model won’t work and what did he do about it? What was Haziq’s own brand like? What is CMT? How did they add value and end up expanding the business? Applying to the University of Manchester and getting accepted. How was Haziq’s first-ever exhibition? What was he exactly doing at the time? What was the reason for the shutdown? How did he end up finding a job? What was he selling and how did his career progress? Why did he return to Pakistan? How did he help create a digital store and why did it fail? How did he become a brand manager for KAPRAY and how did it go? What is Pakistan’s apparel market like?  How did Zellbury happen and why did he end up moving to Alkaram Studio? How much of our western wear is sourced locally & how much is imported? What is the economics of Pakistan’s apparel market? Why aren't our brands more widely recognized? What is elo’s model and why is it smart? Why did he switch to Foodpanda? What challenges was Foodpanda facing at the time? How was Haziq’s technical interview? How did they grow? Are food delivery companies profitable? How to make it operationally positive? Is there utility in electric mobility? Shifting to Dukan.pk? Why did he start his own company? What are they exactly building? What is Krave Mart? Where are they operating currently? What’s their vision? Is it profitable to digitize it? Why have they used AI-based surveillance? What else will they integrate and why? Is last-mile logistics creating a problem? How will they optimize it? What did they do with the money they raised? Will there be mergers and acquisitions? Are riders being ill-treated and is something being done? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode.

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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. 

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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?

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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