Money, Investing & Career

Real estate, stocks, freelancing, and the financial decisions that compound over decades.

57 episodes

Aug 14, 2026

Tanveer Nandla: SEO is the mother of digital marketing

with M. Tanveer Nandla

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Aug 6, 2026

The entry-level job is gone. Unpaid work is the way in.

with Ghalib Hassam

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Jul 31, 2026

By 2032, 93% of Pakistan's budget will vanish into debt

with Qanit Khalilullah

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Jul 28, 2026

Hafiz Ahmed: I woke up at zero after a £600k night

with Hafiz Ahmed

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52:45

Jun 9, 2026

How Asad Mehmood landed Mattermost from Pakistan before A levels

with Asad Mehmood

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1:02:55

May 29, 2026

Penetrate, don't apply: a Pakistani's path to a remote US job

with Ghalib Hassam

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1:29:40

Apr 15, 2026

Fractional reserve banking is a modern form of riba

with Qanit Khalilullah

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1:07:30

Apr 7, 2026

Pessimists sound smart, optimists make money

with Abdul Rehman Najam

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51:50

Apr 6, 2026

The dollar at 350 is not the end of the market

with Laeeq Ahmed

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1:42:59

Oct 10, 2025

Pakistan's stock market will double, but the onboarding is broken

with Ali Farid Khwaja

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2:55:34

Jun 20, 2025

Why Pakistan's stock market is the wealth engine no one trusts

with Abdul Rehman Najam

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1:15:39

May 8, 2025

Why Shajee Aijazi left Autodesk to start a design consultancy

with Shajee Aijazi

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1:08:49

Jan 25, 2025

Why Iffi Wala is killing the BPO model for Pakistani talent

with Iffi Wala

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1:40:51

Jan 8, 2025

Dubai is not banning Pakistanis. Pakistanis are getting themselves banned.

with Asim Swati

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1:17:56

Nov 22, 2024

Why the UAE stopped giving Pakistanis visas

with Owais Barlas

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1:20:26

Sep 13, 2024

Islamic banking is an oxymoron, says Harris Irfan

with Harris Irfan

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2:10:49

Dec 8, 2023

Nabeel Durrani: my mother told me, if you fail, don't come back

with Nabeel Durrani

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1:13:37

Nov 22, 2023

The only startups worth funding solve a problem that already exists

with Aleena Nadeem

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1:25:48

Nov 17, 2023

The $10,000 grant and why women are Pakistan's missing half

with Umar Khan & Iman Urooj

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2:41:02

Nov 1, 2023

From copy-pasted Kindle books to a $16.5M Amazon exit

with Muhammad Naeem Sikandar

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1:43:17

Oct 6, 2023

The anger that built a Dubai hospitality business

with Mahwussh Alam

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1:34:04

Sep 15, 2023

The honest case for leaving Pakistan on your skills

with Adil Ismail

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1:27:11

Sep 8, 2023

Why solar is the dollar-pegged investment most Pakistanis can buy

with Bilal Naeem

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1:18:13

Sep 1, 2023

What Pakistanis get wrong about saving and investing money

with Wali Khan

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1:26:54

Aug 23, 2023

Buying a second passport is legal, and a crisis doubles the line

with Talha Bin Saleem

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1:58:46

Aug 16, 2023

Why price caps are quietly strangling Pakistan's farms

with Zeeshan Hasib Baig

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1:35:07

Jul 12, 2023

The global degree most Pakistani students never consider

with Shanza N. Khan

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1:16:32

Jun 21, 2023

Crypto in Pakistan is unregulated, not illegal

with Rohan Asif & Humza Khan

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1:19:21

Jun 14, 2023

A bank account doesn't change your life

with Kabeer Naqvi

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1:02:31

Jun 12, 2023

Eighty percent of Pakistan's remittances still move illegally

with Naqqash Hafiz

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May 3, 2023

Pakistan is a sleeping giant — Ammar Yaseen on investing in a crisis

with Ammar Yaseen

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Mar 13, 2023

Why Pakistan needs dollars, not remittances

with Laeeq Ahmed

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Mar 1, 2023

Pakistan's real estate is a lottery, not an investment

with Zeeshan Akram Qureshi

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Sep 28, 2022

Pakistan's houses are built to be resold, not to be lived in

with Wahaaj Nauman Qureshi

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1:02:43

Jun 10, 2022

Why Haseeb Khan quit fashion photography for a product brand

with Haseeb S Khan

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1:22:35

May 20, 2022

How to save money when the economy is dying

with Syed Muhammad Faraz

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57:46

May 9, 2022

The man who invented Pashto rap

with Mustafa Kamal Khan

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1:06:46

Mar 25, 2022

The lock in your throat isn't about English

with Noman Abid

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1:23:24

Mar 11, 2022

The digital road to property ownership in Pakistan

with Jawad Nayyar & Abdullah Khan

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1:07:26

Mar 9, 2022

The eBay trainer building Pakistan's e-commerce future from Multan

with Qasim Sana Ramay

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1:07:14

Jan 31, 2022

Why Pakistani designers chase technique and skip the idea

with Sarmad Ahsan

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1:21:33

Dec 31, 2021

Stock market is not a casino. Treat it like a business

with Laeeq Ahmad

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53:13

Dec 29, 2021

Success without fulfilment is the ultimate failure

with Fahad Khan

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58:59

Dec 17, 2021

Freelancing is a business, not a passive income

with Qasim Umer

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58:10

Dec 10, 2021

A 19-year-old freelancer's case for skipping the government job

with Sheryar Baloch

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47:31

Nov 29, 2021

Pakistan saves seven rupees out of a hundred. India saves thirty.

with Mohammad Shoaib

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59:09

Nov 1, 2021

How to own a piece of an F-6 plot for one lakh rupees

with Asif and Altamash

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53:26

Oct 13, 2021

Why only 0.1% of Pakistan invests in stocks

with Ali Farid Khwaja

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59:36

Sep 27, 2021

Why Shehzeen Siddique started freelancing at 15 in secret

with Shehzeen Siddique

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1:32:07

Sep 3, 2021

Why Finja lends to the kiryana store the banks won't touch

with Umer Munawar and Zain Bhatti

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57:40

Jul 30, 2021

Why Pakistan's debt cycle quietly blocks you from investing

with Laeeq Ahmad

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1:23:42

Jun 28, 2021

Is Bitcoin the new gold?

with Haroon Baig

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1:10:30

Jun 25, 2021

How Bitcoin actually works, explained from scratch

with Haroon Baig

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1:20:22

Jun 7, 2021

Why Bitcoin alone won't fix Pakistan's economy

with Ahmad Manzoor

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46:20

May 3, 2021

Finding Opportunities in Crisis: A Conversation with Zeenat Ahmad

with Zeenat Ahmad

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57:27

Apr 30, 2021

Career choices, content creation, and the cost of comparison

with Hamza Bhatti

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1:00:41

Apr 21, 2021

How to get a job as a web developer, with Ehmad Zubair

with Ehmad Zubair

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