Rabeel is the Founder and CEO of Sarmayacar, an early stage VC firm focused on Pakistan. He serves on the boards of a number of Sarmayacar investee companies including Bykea, OneLoad, Revolving Games amongst others. He is also the first Pakistan focused Kauffman Fellow. After graduating from MIT, Rabeel gained his professional experience in London where he initially worked in Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley and then followed it up with Private Equity experience at GIC, Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. Sarmayacar: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sarm...  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sarmayacar  Rabeel Warraich: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rabeel-wa...  Twitter: https://twitter.com/RabeelWarraich/  00:00 Responding to Venture investment pitches 03:00 Entrepreneurship and assessing them 06:13 Investment in Petari by Sarmayacar 08:08 Music as a vital part of our tradition 10:25 Synopsis of E-commerce and Venture Funds in Pakistan 14:02 Targeting scalable opportunities 15:10 Petari-Evolution and limitations 21:00 Maintaining users at Petari 22:15 Petari in Global perspective 23:57 How does Sarmayacar guide the entrepreneurs funded? 26:10 Challenges for Procheck, funded by Sarmayacar 28:00 Regulatory authorities in Pakistan 30:20 ABHI finance, proposition and funding 33:13 Success story of SIMPAISA by Sarmayacar 37:35 Exiting from the investment funding 38:20 Primary and secondary capital 40:55 Analyzing food delivery service economics-unit economics 43:45 Grocery buying online vs from stores in Pakistan 47:25 Models of Uber and Kareem 50:01 Entrance of BYKEA 52:05 Concept of In-Drive 54:00 Elevated risk analysis by VCs 55:25 Corporate giants vs specialized/personalized services 1:00:29 “Human Effort carries a premium” says Rabeel 1:04:38 Role of Belief and Faith in the system 1:07:06 Future plans of Sarmayacar 1:10:00 Emergence of Venture capital Globally and locally 1:10:40 Contacting Sarmayacar 1:12:25 An International partner in Sarmayacar 1:14:18 Thank you to and end note by Rabeel

Rabeel Warraich

Faisal Sultan is a physician and has remained the Chief Executive Officer of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre from 2003 till publish date of this podcast. He was later appointed the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services in August 2020. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skmch Instagram: http://instagram.com/shaukatkhanum/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SKMCH and https://twitter.com/fslsltn Timestamps: 00:00 Inception of Shaukat Khanum and Dr. Faisal’s 2:02 Studying Medicine in the USA 3:48 Allopathy, Homeopathy and Herbal medicines 6:35 Herbal or Chinese medicine 7:25 Scientific side of Acupuncture 8:25 Incorporating herbal into modern medicine 10:11 Vaccination and immunization 13:20 COVID and its management in Pakistan 15:58 Resistance for COVID vaccination 17:22 Cell theory or germ theory of disease 19:18 DNA, PCR, and Crispr 22:35 Shaukat Khanum and Cancer therapies 23:33 Types of Cancers and its molecular reasons 28:42 Tumor vs Cancer 34:30 Healthy lifestyle for longevity 37:04 Journey at Shaukat Khanum to becoming CEO 39:22 Learning and support from all the stake holders 40:41 Imran Khan as a Chairman of Shaukat Khanum 42:36 Balancing between several roles and grooming sub-ordinates to scale-up 47:44 The universe bends towards you when you are onto something 48:53 Shaukat Khanum at Peshawar and Karachi 50:15 Fundraising for Shaukat Khanum 52:35 Challenges of capacity building for serving more cancer patients 55:40 Doctor’s attention and its significance 58:15 Symptoms and root cause of diseases 59:47 Isolated scientific findings 1:02:10 Vision of IK behind Shaukat Khanum 1:03:00 Thank you and Good bye  

Faisal Sultan, CEO Shaukat Khanum

The Writer and Director of Joyland Saim Saadiq joins Mooroo and Daniyal Raheal for a conversation on Film-making and screenplay writing. Saim Sadiq is a Pakistani screenwriter and director who won the Jury Prize of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for directing the drama film Joyland, the first Pakistani film to be selected in Cannes. Joyland also won the Queer Palm award during its world premiere at Cannes. Sadiq grew up in what he describes as a "middle-class, conservative family" in Rawalpindi. He attended St Mary's Academy in Lalazar, Rawalpindi. He graduated with a BSc with honors in anthropology from the Lahore University of Management Sciences in 2014. He obtained his MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 2019.

Saim Sadiq

He is back again, Mian urf Muhammad Khan, Head of Digital Transformation at an MNC, Fulbright Scholar, Acumen Fellow, Chuddy Buddy. Interests: Technology, Digital, Politics, Startups, Will be coming back for more. Follow him here Twitter:  https://twitter.com/muhammmad_khan?t=Dv5VRCSV0rcsmhDa97BJQA&s=09 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-khan-  

Muhammad Khan (aka Mian)

Gohar Iqbal is the co-founder and managing partner at Johnny & Jugnu. Gohar completed his undergraduate studies with a Bachelors in economics from LUMS in 2014 with a focus on law and marketing. Johnny & Jugnu is a fast-rising brand that aims to introduce Pakistani style of fast food to the world. - Business Recorder 00:00 What does WABI means? 1:08 1st job at P&G was a horrible experience for Gohar 3:10 Starting a marketing agency then was even worse 5:00 Brand building was the need of time back then 5:45 Opening a Johnny Jugnu, a restaurant with Dr. Adnan 7:50 Unique name idea JOHNNY JUGNU 9:00 Initially it failed 10:50 Selling burgers at LUMS 12:00 Closed down that and restarted the same after a while in DHA 14:40 Mooro’s 1st visit to Johnny and Jugnu 15:20 Gohar’s learning experience from this business 18:20 Strong background processes are more important than to scale 19:40 Movie and Book “The Founder” 20:30 Breaking down the process for better growth 22:00 Personal involvement of the owners matter a lot 23:00 How feedback works at Johnny and Jugnu 25:25 Menu initially and its evolution by now 27:20 Caffine-Tea and Coffee 29:05 Aging and anti-aging experiments 32:50 New outlet renovation in Bahria Town when COVID struck 34:40 Survival kit idea during Lockdown was a hit 37:00 Every crisis situation brings an opportunity 38:45 Johnny and Jugnu along Wabi- growth till date and journey 39:30 Treating employees with respect and see the good in them 43:00 Dealing with the bad apples in workers 45:05 Employees at workplace need empowerment and ownership to grow 46:46 Inspiring brands for Gohar 48:00 Lets expand our culture globally through our brands 49:20 Our diversity is our identity and its beautiful 52:15 Plurality is our strength vs power struggles centrally 54:00 As a nation we are tolerant but not politics 55:20 Politics play with our fear, locally and globally 57:27 So how can we move forward with these challenges 58:38 Gohar’s landing at LUMS and choosing Marketing 1:03:00 Enjoyed Marketing as a subject with Dr. Adnan 1:04:10 Bonding with Dr. Adnan 1:05:18 Dr. Adnan as Gohar’s partner and their working relationship 1:09:12 Thank you and Bye

Gohar Iqbal

CEO of http://www.Sarmaya.pk, Laeeq Ahmad teaches us on the best practices of investing in Commodities, Stock, Equity and even yourself.   Timstamps: 00:00 Guest Introduction 01:30 Investment journey 06:28 Starting restaurant business 14:50 Stock market Analysis 22:34 System limited profitability 27:49 Business series on twitter 29:13 How Sarmaaya.pk works? 35:50 Empowering through skills  39:02 Financial literacy in world 41:24 Tele investment story 44:56 Why brokerage aren’t innovative 46:48 Equity financing 53:05 Hum Network strong Financials 56:08 Compounding Interest 58:24 Comparing stocks to real estate 1:00:56 Loop of every Pakistani 1:03:12 Why investment is important and lucrative? 1:06:10 Why tech investments are good 1:09:16 Remittances are over glorified 1:10:36 Decision of staying in Pakistan 1:13:56 Potential of Pakistani employees 1:20:38 Government is not helping Entrepreneurs    1:23:40 Ending Note

Laeeq Ahmad

A data engineer from Pakistan named Shafiqa Iqbal works for Google in Poland. She has had positions with some of the most well-known businesses, including LinkedIn. She also worked as a top seller at Upwork while serving as Pakistan’s Global Ambassador for Women in Technology. Out of 1300 workers, she is the only one from Pakistan in the Google office in Warsaw. Follow Shafiqa here Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littlelazyalpaca  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shafiqa-iqbal  Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:44 Viral Video with Junaid Akram 00:01:37 Women and Glass ceilings 00:04:03 Childhood interest in Academics 00:06:49 What was your support system 00:08:39 Following your interest 00:10:31 Are you into Gaming? 00:11:35 Computer Languages 00:12:21 Freelancing 00:13:33 Types of Freelancing Projects 00:14:22 Struggle behind getting to Google 00:18:05 Entrepreneurial Mindset vs Employment 00:19:22 What Shafiqa is learning from Google 00:20:36 Living in Poland 00:21:44 Culture and History of Poland 00:23:16 Future plan with Google 00:26:42 Self realisation within the collective goal of a cooperation 00:31:33 Who are the creators of Google 00:36:47 Cryptocurrency and NFT's and Finances 00:39:38 A day in the life of a Google Employee 00:44:54 How to stay productive 00:47:56 What is your job at Google 00:51:24 How did you learn? 00:53:12 Approach towards problem solving 00:58:58 Advice to upcoming young professionals 01:01:15 Women in Stem fields

Shafiqa Iqbal

Pre-order his book for Pakistan: https://readings.com.pk/pages/BookDetails.aspx?BookID=1591969 Order his book for Global:  https://www.amazon.com/Lost-World-Shahbaz-Taseer-ebook/dp/B08R2KV78N Follow him here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShahbazTaseer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taseershahbaz Shahbaz Taseer is a Pakistani businessman, and the son of the former Governor of Punjab (Pakistan) Salman Taseer. In August 2011, following his father's assassination, he was kidnapped by militants in Lahore while he was driving to his office from home. Taseer was held in captivity for around four and a half years and was recovered from Kuchlak, Balochistan on 8 March 2016. Taseer's kidnapping was referred as one of the most high-profile kidnappings in Pakistan by The Guardian. BBC's HARDtalk interviewed Taseer about his days in captivity. In an interview, he mentioned that he was held by Uzbek militants, before eventually being passed to the Taliban. 00:00:00 Who is Shahbaz Taseer 00:01:28 Childhood in Lahore 00:03:40 Salman Taseer Solidary Confinement During Zia-ul-Haqs Regime 00:07:04 Canning at Aitchison College 00:07:35 How 911 effected Shahbaz's college decisions 00:09:56 Why was Shahbaz arrested at San Francisco (SFO) airport 00:17:08 Salman Taseers Assassination 00:22:30 Salman Taseer as a Father 00:27:32 Aftermath of Salman Taseer Assassination 00:29:39 Ownership of the Pakistani Legacy 00:30:12 Asma Jehangirs Legacy 00:31:05 Amna Taseer and her role as a family head 00:33:18 Being Kidnapped from Cavalry Grounds Lahore 00:37:31 Kidnappers Demands 00:37:40 Loneliness of being captured 00:42:10 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 00:43:32 Therapy Helps? 00:47:57 Shahbaz Taseer Vs Shabby T vs Ahmed vs Jee Bhai (Multiple personalities) 00:54:38 Torture Videos of Shahbaz 00:57:17 Groups of Taliban 01:04:50 The Rescue Operation 01:09:54 Suicide in Islam 01:10:42 Command over Speech in Mufti's 01:13:47 Pep talk for Suicide Bombers at IMU 01:14:09 Is suicide permitted in Islam 01:21:17 Ehl-e-Kitaab

Shahbaz Taseer

Ali Sheikhani is an entrepreneur with businesses in Pakistan and USA. www.sheikhanigroup.com   Instagram:  https://instagram.com/alisheikhani1?igshid=MWI4MTIyMDE=   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-sheikhani-5986501a9   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086428090218&mibextid=LQQJ4d     00:00 Ali’s daily routine and balancing work life   02:44 Dream and set your goal    7:28 Then strive for your dreams   8:38 Hardwork, patience and honesty are the keys to excel   11:16 Respecting, valuing and training employees   18:15 Never treat your subordinates rudely   19:55 Job insecurity and Faith   21:04 Early work life of Ali   24:05 Vape city and Real Estate investment   26: Entering into Church’s Chicken, a delivery service and other investments   27:44 Business school vs Business mindset   29:20 Shekhani Group’s expansion and management secret   30:34 Upbringing kids with values    34:22 Getting married and chasing dreams    36:22 Ali’s investment in Pakistani projects   37:43 Media Production project   38:26 Ali looks after major finances and growth himself   41:00 Converting stresses and damages to Enthusiasm   42:56 Ali and Crypto   43:30 Real Estate and Ali’s strategies   46:02 Worries about net worth   47:52 Bad apples in India and Pakistan   49:20 Ali Shekhani avoids limelight   50:17 Retirement plans by Ali   50:35 Advice for the aspiring businesspersons   50:58 Wrap up

Ali Sheikhani

Abrar bhai travels all over the world on his bike and reveals to us the beauty of the world and its people, culture and history. A man not to be ignored, check out his channel if you haven't already. 00:00 Introduction of Wildlens by Abrar 0:24 Travelling alone in wild area with camera2:40 Recording rare borders comprehensively3:33 Abrar has inspired viewers for visiting borders 5:21 Cultural differences across the globe7:46 Multilinguistic Abrar12:00 Early life and Initial education of Abrar14:35 Planning to study in Germany16:28 Challenges during Undergraduate17:07 Pakistan vs Germany18:50 Learning German and working in Germany 20:33 The most depressing time in life 22:00 Beginning of travelogue 24:47 Friend in need is a friend indeed 27:50 Friendship and hospitality in Pakistan vs other countries 30:50 Benefits of independent living and planning 32:40 Personal budgeting by Abrar 33:32 Physical Fitness, eating habits and sleep patterns during rides 37:45 Truck driving 40:25 Blessings of technological advancement 41:30 Passion and consistency in work 43:31 Bikes and Abrar 48:41 Dream of travelling and its logging 57:00 Equipments used in Abrar’s travelogues 1:00:50 Drone cameras 1:02:12 Hit videos of Jerusalem and Petra 1:06:45 Pre and Post production scenarios 1:15:47 Thank you note and future plans

Wildlens by Abrar

Nadia Jamil (Urdu: نادیہ جمیل) (Born: October 19, 1975) (also known as Nadia Fazal Jamil) is a Pakistani actress and host who is known for Balu Mahi, Behadd and Damsa, a story about child trafficking. 00:00:00 Social Work 00:24:34 Child Psychology 00:30:17 Who do we blame for rape? 00:36:26 Sexual Abuse 00:43:43 Pakistani Society and Tv Dramas 00:45:00 Feroz Khan Dramas 00:46:00 Khalil-ur-Rehman Drama 00:47:28 Pakistani Women in Drama vs Reality 00:49:46 Working Women 00:54:00 Women's role in Society 00:57:18 Saim Sadiq's Work 01:04:00 Black Magic vs Kaala Jaadu 01:06:02 Importance of associating Blame 01:15:00 About Sexual Assault 01:21:06 Breathing, NLP, The Art of Living

Nadia Jamil

Mekaal Hasan is the founder of the legendary Mekaal Hasan Band, His studio DFS, recently burned down please donate to rebuild it if you can by clicking on the following link:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/rebuild-dfs From Pakpedia: Mekaal Hasan is top record-producer and musician in Pakistan who has gained fame via his sheer determination, and hard work against all perseverance and odds. He has performed as record producer/guest artist in the Pakistani music industry with several Pakistani solo musicians and music bands in Pakistan and foreign countries.

Mekaal Hasan

Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy (Urdu: پرویز امِیرعلی ہودبھائی;Urdu pronunciation: [pərʋeːz əmiːɾəliː ɦuːd̪bʱaːiː];born 11 July 1950) is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and activist who serves as a professor at the Forman Christian College and previously taught physics at the Quaid-e-Azam University. Hoodbhoy is also a prominent activist in particular concerned with promotion of freedom of speech, secularism, scientific temper and education in Pakistan.

Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy

Suneel Sarfraz Munj is the co-founder of Pakwheels.com. He is the automobile influencer in Pakistan. Follow him here: https://www.instagram.com/suneelsarfraz    0:00 The race for followers 09:26 The problem with social platforms 13:35 Hoarding by Car dealerships 16:51 'On' pai gaari laina 27:31 Review criteria for Suneel Munj for Cars. 40:23 Asymmetry of information 46:26 Excise Digitization 51:30 Electric Vehicles ka dhooka

Suneel Sarfraz Munj

Shahveer Jafry is an Actor, Youtuber, Instagrammar, TikTokker, in short a very handsome and funny Pakistani Internet content creator. Follow him here: https://twitter.com/shahveerjaay https://www.youtube.com/c/ShahveerJay https://www.instagram.com/shahveerjay 

Shahveer Jafry

Syed Shafaat Ali is a Pakistani TV host and stand up comedian who is known for his impressions of Pakistani public figures. Follow him here: https://www.instagram.com/shafaatsyed https://www.youtube.com/c/ShafaatAli007 https://twitter.com/iamshafaatali From Wikipedia:- Ali was born in on 9 February in Peshawar and studied engineering. In 2006, Ali co-hosted the 4 Man Show. In 2011, Ali co-hosted Banana News Network. Ali started his own show Mere Aziz Ham Watno in which he starred as well. In 2016, videos of Ali went viral in which he impersonated Imran Khan, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Shahbaz Sharif and he became an overnight sensation online. Ali was a part of Geo Entertainment's Ramadan Transmission "Dil Dil Ramzan". Ali appeared as Nazar in Geo Entertainment's drama Romeo Weds Heer. He also became part of the ARY News Special Cricket Program "Har Lamha Purjosh" and he did hilarious mimicry of Bilawal Bhutto, Imran Khan, Shehbaz Sharif, Aftab Iqbal, Azizi and many others.[ Shafaat Ali was also in the movie "Parwaaz Hai Junoon", he was shown as a cadet in PAF Academy undergoing flying training. He is also expected to appear in Faisal Qureshi's upcoming film Money Back Guarantee.

Shafaat Ali

Founder and Director of Moonshot Animations and Co-Founder and CEO of SABAQ. At Moonshot Animations, we produce new media and animated content for our customers across the globe. Moonshot is a spinoff of our extensive experience in producing children's content and animation. With its head office in the U.S., we work closely with content producers, production houses, startups and small & medium businesses to produce their IP for the digital platforms. Our production pipeline is being expanded to Maya-Unreal mixed pipeline in addition to the traditional Maya-Redshift pipeline. Investing in training junior artists, we are growing our production capacity to deliver client's projects faster. At SABAQ, we have been experimenting in the edtech space with low-cost, high-impact solutions to develop the young minds in Pakistan with knowledge and skills needed to thrive in the knowledge economy. Our focus has been on the young kids, mostly K-5 space, and we have produced Pakistan's leading cartoon and story-based animated content library that is fully in line with the national curriculum. With successful integration and continued use in over 1,500 schools across Pakistan, SABAQ's solutions are the most widely used blended learning products in the K-5 space. We are trusted partners of federal and provincial governments for blended learning solutions. Follow him here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassanbinrizwan/

Hassan Bin Rizwan

Mathira Mohammad better known as Mathira is a Pakistani-Zimbabwean model, dancer, television hostess, singer and actress.[3] She has hosted several television shows and appeared in music videos. She is known for her Item songs in Main Hoon Shahid Afridi and the Indian Punjabi film Young Malang.

Mathira

Akbar Chaudry is a standup comedian, a youtuber, https://www.youtube.com/c/AkbarChaudry He also has a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering and a masters degree in Aerospace, particularly Thermal Sciences and Fluid Dynamics.

Akbar Chaudry

Syed Mustafa Kamal (Urdu: سید مصطفىٰ کمال; born 27 December 1971) is a Pakistani politician who is the founder and current chairman of Pak Sarzameen Party. He was previously a senator in the Senate of Pakistan and served as the mayor of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi.[1]

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