Thought Behind Things

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In conversation with Dr. Ahsan Aurangzeb, Medical Director Ayub Teaching Hospital, this episode explores covid vaccines and the healthcare system of Pakistan. How has he gotten into medicines? What does he think of the medical system of Pakistan? What sehat Insaaf card is? Is it successful? Where does our public health system stand? How regulation in medicines work? Why students prefer going abroad to pursue medicines? What does he think of that? Is there any potential solution to it? What does he think of the young doctor’s protests? What he is responsible for as a medical director? What does he think of e-technology in medicine? Has our health system revolutionized over the years? Why our doctors lack medical ethics? How his experience of treating covid has been like in the past 15 months? Why people are so against covid vaccines? How long will its immunity last? Are covid vaccines effective? Tune in to know more about DRAP’s ruling, medical advancements, medicine manufacturing, what we need to change in our lifestyle, and what he thinks of Pakistan of 2050!

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In conversation with AC Islamabad, Awaid Irshad Bhatti, this episode explores his journey to civil services. Where he went to college? What is the story behind Aitchison college? Why he went to Holland? How many countries he has traveled? How traveling is different from tourism? Why had he transferred to UC Berkley? How was his experience of California? How had he managed professional cricket with his studies? When had he applied to Cambridge? What has he studied there? What was he doing in Ernst & Young? How and why he thought of doing CSS? How his family reacted to it? How everybody reacted the to news of him topping his CSS exams? Where were his early postings? What were his experiences of them? Tune in to know more on his opinions on CSS exams, system, change and Pakistan of 2050!

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In conversation with Dr. Adnan Rafique, country director for USIP for Pakistan, this episode explores peace building, security, state, and democracy. How has he got into the direction of peace building? Where he got his education from? What was his master’s thesis on? What he did between his masters and PhD? Did he started working for USIP right after coming back to Pakistan? Which national security document he worked on with ministry of interior affairs? How did he find the judicial system of Pakistan? Where Pakistan stands in terms of peace building and security? What factors cause disruption in it? Is social media responsible for it? Is social media fueling polarization? What is the reason behind this divide? Pakistan from 20 years back was progressive, how did we end up here? Do we really know our society? Tune in to know more on our democratic systems, post-colonial times, why our systems aren’t defined and where this all is headed as a society!

Books mentioned in the podcast:

‘The Politics of Common Sense’, book by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

‘Pakistan’s Democratic Transition’, book by Adnan Rafiq, Ishtiaq Ahmad

‘Post-Colonial Society’, thesis by Hamza Alvi

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In conversation with Ahmed Sarym, this episode explores Sarym’s journey from being Pakistan’s youngest journalist at 11 to starting his own production house at just 17. How he became a journalist at 11? How has he ended up writing for big publications at just the age of 12? Which school did he go to? What the biggest inspiration for him growing up? How was he constructed that helped him become what he is today? What made him switch from journalism to filmmaking? What’s Qissa Nagri? How is hope taken away from us growing? What was Muzamil’s motivation behind Lolzstudios? How Hasan Raheem became commercial? Tune in to know more on Sarym's upcoming web series, why he shot and reshoot it again, how it helped him grow as an artist and would you like to see him again!

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In conversation with Zeenat Ahmad, this episode explores how she enrolled herself in CA despite her financial issues. Why has she wanted to do CA? Was it her dream? What is her family financial situation? Why even being among the toppers in matric and intermediate she didn’t go for medicals? How has she applied to UET? Did she go there? What Ehsaas scholarships are? How did she secure ICAP scholarship? Why she never gave up in spite her circumstances? After academics, what’s her interest are? When she started using internet? Where she sees herself in next 5 years? Tune in to know more on how she is different from others, what issues she talks about on Instagram and how she sees Pakistan!

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In conversation with Hamza Bhatti, this episode explores career counseling and the lack of it. Where he lived growing up? Why didn’t he go for masters after graduation? What was his thought behind ‘BhaiLog’ agency? Why couldn’t he attend the conference in Belgium? What a communication expert does? Growing up, did he have an ample amount of career counseling? How can we improve career freedom? How to approach ’best career’ or ‘scope’ mentality? What’s the importance of having mentors? How important personal branding is? What are employers looking for in an employee? Tune in to know more about content industry, his opinions on Pakistan of today and Pakistan in coming years, why we think things cannot change for better and how diverse the world is!

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In conversation with Naba Khalid, this episode explores her journey from architecture to photography. When has she started her business? Were her parents supportive? What’s her entry test for architectural engineering looked like? When has she started wedding photography? Has COVID affected her business? Who according tot her are the good photographers in Islamabad? What’s her thesis about? How it can be helpful in future? How important financial independence is? How living in hostel empowered her? What’s her opinion on sustainable housing? What’s her dream house looks like? Tune in to know more on urban fabric of Islamabad, where she sees Pakistan in coming years and what’s the future for Naba Khalid!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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