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 Exploring the wedding photography of Pakistan with tonight’s guest; Shehroze Shahid from Shehnoor Films And Photography. How did he go from an average kid to a professional wedding photographer? Which camera equipment is he using as a professional wedding photographer and cinematographer? Which equipment he would recommend to a beginner photographer? Which equipment he would recommend to a beginner cinematographer? How does he lead his team? Beyond being a wedding photographer, is he up to any other sort of content? What is the difference between the perception of international clients Vs Pakistani local clients regarding wedding photography? What is his exploration/traveling plans? How much communication is important in wedding photography? Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Shehnoor Films socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShehNoors/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shehnoor_films/ You tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggd5ep3tP-eDNmjNKZuvSQ

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 Exploring Cryptocurrency with tonight’s guest, Haroon Baig. How has gold proved itself to be a good store of value? How there is shortcut trading happening in bitcoin? Why people in Pakistan are not making money through productivity in real estate? What makes bitcoin better than CBTC? As currency? Who are the biggest facilitators of money launders? How bitcoin can be traced whereas money cannot be? Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Haroon Baig’s LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonbai...

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 Exploring Cryptocurrency with tonight’s guest, Haroon Baig. How do they measure the audience? How will the mass adoption of Cryptocurrency happen? Who are the stakeholders of Cryptocurrency? The community? What happens in the background of Cryptocurrency? What happens in the background of Cryptocurrency? Is Cryptocurrency just limited to financial inclusion? How do they reconcile the economics of the services which they provide? How has Cryptocurrency evolved through these years from the developer’s perspective? What are the limitations of Bitcoin and Ethereum? How taking a loan has become easy in the Defi space? What is Ethereum? What is the concept behind proof of work and proof of stake? Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Haroon Baig’s LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonbaigtsf

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 Exploring future of advertising and marketing strategies with tonight’s guest, Oztech marketing firm. How do they measure the audience? How do they compare with an international market in the field of advertising? What was their thought behind Oztech company? Is the technology of hologram readily available in Pakistan? How do they reconcile the economics of the services which they provide? What sort of products can be imagined from their company through the perspective of Pakistan? Tune in to know about traditional customers, QR codes in Pakistan, and more! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Oztech’s Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/oztechpk/

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  Exploring his journey into playing squash, winning many medals, and still not getting the respect these heroes deserve with tonight’s guest, Farhan Mehboob. When did he start playing squash? When did his professional training start? Why squash in Pakistan took a backseat? Why was he once banned from playing squash? How does squash structure work? How important it is to glamorize sports? How India glamorized sports? Tune in to know more on the role of the federal/provincial government in squash, and why we do not recognize and acknowledge our national heroes in their lifetime! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Farhan Mehboob’s Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mehboobfarhan/

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 Exploring her evolution from a teacher to an administrator with tonight’s guest, Sheena Sohail. How has she got into education? How long she has been teaching? What role did she play in the Hitech institution? How did her evolution happen? Have schools become a commodity? In these modern times, are women still allowed to progress in our society? How she managed her kids with her profession? Was there guilt attached? Do working fathers feel the same guilt? Why in general parents do not listen? Are schools teaching critical thinking? How schools further fuel insecurities in students? Tune in to know more about career counseling, the evolution of parent’s behaviors, and Pakistan of 2050! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan

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 Exploring Video Wali Sarkar’s journey as a tech reviewer and E-Commerce business owner with tonight’s guest, Bilal Munir. How was his early life like? How was his university life? How he gained his elder's trust from the very beginning? How he started his financial journey? What was the thought behind the name of Video Wali Sarkar? What is his concept of sustainable growth? When did he get to know that he can pursue YouTube as a full-fledged career? What was his vision after graduation? Tune in to know about e-commerce, tech reviewing, and Pakistan of 2050! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Bilal Munir's socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bilalmunir1995/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCheoCqHDwPcfS9Jrgz8siQw

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 Exploring his journey into studying abroad, content creation, and freelancing. What is his educational background? Why do abroad universities prefer admissions through consultants? What was his initial life in Australia like?  How is the economy of Australia doing? Was he working part-time in Australia? Is there a mentality difference between students in Pakistan vs. students abroad? How he started his YouTube and Facebook journey? What was series #achasorry about? Tune in to know about freelancing, politics, clickbait, and more! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Qutaiba Mehmood socials: · Insta: https://www.instagram.com/qutaiba.mehmood/ · YT: https://www.youtube.com/QutaibaMehmood

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 Exploring his journey into filmmaking with tonight’s guest, Osmann Mumtaz. How has he got into films? How he convinced his parents for filmmaking? When has he started YouTube? How important soft skills are? Why had he decided to go to BNU instead of NCA? What projects he has been working on right now? Is he a third-tier content creator or fourth? What he thinks about cancel culture, freedom of speech or social media regulation? Tune in to know his plans for content, and his views about Pakistan! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Osmann Mumtaz’s socials: · YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtWrUl4skKuYx1ZfYQDiKqg · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/osmannmumtaz/

Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings Exploring GFXMentor’s journey of how he started designing with tonight’s guest, Imran Ali Dina. How & when he started? What he did after high school? What he did after his diploma? How to convince your family for any field? How his journey started? How fate works out? Why is that we all want creative but not fundamentals? Tune in to know more about his YouTube channel and Pakistan of 2050! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan GFXMentor’s socials: · YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3AIk974-PeB9bg1Mc7wug · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gfxmentor/

Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings Exploring bitcoin, blockchain, and the future of currency with tonight’s guest, Ahmad Manzoor. What did he do after high school? What was his engagement with the KP government all about? What are the other commitments he is involved in? What does he think of bitcoin? Is bitcoin the future currency? Where does this model stand in shariah? What is the economic standpoint of blockchain? What is the technological aspect of it? How is digital currency evolving? Are we ready to digitize our economy? Tune in to know more on Pakistan of 2050, NFT, and the methods for smart contracts! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Ahmad Manzoor’s LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmadmanzoorahmad/?originalSubdomain=pk

Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings Celebrating 100 episodes milestone with our tonight’s guest, Usra Murtaza. This episode explores her journey, from growing up thinking of being a homemaker to be financially independent at 22. What were her majors? What did she want to pursue growing up? Why did she not go for CS? How has she applied at Lolzstudios? How it changed her life? How was her transition from university to professional life? Why do women work? What financial independence is for her? Did she always have the knack to get the job done? Tune in to know more on workplace culture for women, how we can improve it, how difficult is to think career when you are in marriageable age, and how she sees Pakistan of 2050, being a GenZ! Connect with us: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Usra’s socials: https://www.instagram.com/usramurtaza/ https://twitter.com/usramurtaza

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 Babar Khan Javed, this episode explores the advertising and marketing niche of journalism. How he became interested in it? Does he have a degree in journalism? How long he has been working in profit? Is it profitable? What is the model to protect the beat of advertising and reporting? How has he learned writing about this genre? What is the secret sauce of deconstructing the how’s and why’s of the advertising market? What was the reason Amazon and eBay companies were not working in Pakistan? Are these big companies paying taxes in Pakistan? How sustainable niche-specific model is? How important data can be in defining influencer marketing space? Tune in to know more about influencer marketing, consumer protection, freedom of speech, and negative liberation! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Babar Khan Javed’s socials: https://www.linkedin.com/in/babarkhanjaved/ [email protected]

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 Emad Bukhari, this episode explores his journey. Has he done all his schooling at LGS? How was his experience? How school destroys self-esteem? When has he started YouTube? What inspired him? What type of content he is interested in making now? How does he see the content industry right now? How has the industry evolved over time?  How many big creators have reached out to him? How does the job market work? How does our perception need to be changed? What his business is all about? Tune in know more about his business, his view of Pakistan growing up, and how he sees Pakistan of 2050!

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 Shahid Raza, this episode explores Pakistan’s nuclear program. How nuclear technology started? What's the background? What was the reason for a country like Pakistan to start a nuclear program? How has it evolved? How Babur III operates? What was India’s cold start strategy against Pakistan? Is there any work going on in Pakistan for civil nuclear technology? How capable Pakistan is of that? What is the current global situation for civil nuclear technology? How many megawatts of energy Pakistan’s producing? What is Pakistan’s effort for a clean nuclear energy program? Tune in to know about the estimated cost for a nuclear reactor unit, nuclear capacity building, and Pakistan’s nuclear capability for attaining SDGs! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Shahid Raza’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/schaheid

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 Raheel Waqar, CEO of White rice, this episode explores social change with design. What White Rice is? What inspired them to name it ‘white rice’? What a behavior design agency does? How has he gotten into this space? What are the objectives behind their projects? Why context is important in social/behavioral change? How storytelling can be used as a tool for change? What are the formative years of mind building? Where is our youth coming from? How can we tackle youth bulge? How they were able to bring 11,000 mothers on board for the world’s largest storytelling exercise? How technology can be used in what they are doing? Tune in to know more on behavioral design in the private sector and Pakistan of 2050! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Raheel Waqar’s socials: · https://www.linkedin.com/in/raheelwaqar/ · https://www.whiterice10x.com/

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 Fizza Jamal, this episode her journey in new media as a woman. How it all began for her? How has she applied to NUST? How was her experience? Where has she done her F.sc from? How she did her masters from China? How empowering her experience of China was? Why she loves it so much? What happened when she came back to Pakistan? How did she end up ‘on-screen’? What is the place of women in our media? How women are being objectified? What she did when she was being objectified? When and how she left news media? Tune in to know more about how she became a meme, her struggles with presenting Urdu news, what is the typical Pakistani news style and why she is a leader! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Fizza Jamal socials: · https://www.instagram.com/fizza.jamal · https://twitter.com/fizza_lamaj

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 Asadullah Khan, a Broadcast journalist/Anchorperson, this episode explores his journey into broadcasting. How has he gotten into journalism? What was he doing before that? News media is often contextualized in a very cynical manner, what he has to say about that? Does TV spread fake news? What is the role of television media? Is it just performative? Where do our media stand in ethics? Have we completely lost it? Why is reporting just confine to politics for a large part? Why do we not report beyond politics? Is it changing? Tune in to know more about where he sees Pakistan in the coming years! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Asadullah’s Socials: · https://twitter.com/Asadullahk · https://www.instagram.com/asadullahkhan64/

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 Dananeer Mobeen, the ‘pawri hori Hai’ girl, this episode explores her journey before and after her viral video. How she feels about all this new attention? What has been journey before the pawri video? When she made her account public on Instagram? How long she has been making content before the video went viral? Where she got her creativity from? How did the pawri hori hai video blew up? What was the genius behind it? How her family reacted to all this? What was it like for her to receive love from all over the world? How her sister helped her out maneuver through all this? Is something international in works for her? Tune in to know about her future content plans, her upcoming skincare brand, how she dealt with toxicity and how her success is helpful for the whole industry! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Dananeer’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dananeerr/

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 HEC Chairman Dr. Tariq Banuri, this episode explores HEC and what factors led to his ousting. What was his journey? How has he ended up in academia? Which think tank was established by him? What role did he play in sustainable goals? What role did he play in the formation of HEC? How had he found HEC in 2018? What changes did he want to make when he took the charge? What was the research merit before? What changes did he make to research criteria? How much change he has been able to bring in his 2 years? Will he be able to bring the rest of the changes in his remaining time? What were the points that led to his ousting/removal? Why does the government not have the power to remove him? Tune in to know more about his coming case against his ousting, how he feels about it, his relationship with the government & how he sees Pakistan in the last 20 years, and Pakistan of 2050! Follow us on Instagram: • https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings • https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Dr. Tariq Banuri’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tariq-banuri-2411762