A gift of wings.
The next generation. Jehan Ara, Hadi Khusnood, Badar and Nazar Khan. Two judges with the youngest members (9 and 11 years old) of the technology delegation to Taiwan.26 year old Sameer’s most striking...
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Jawwad writes a Thank you note.It was a class room in Uris Hall. On the third floor during Don Sexton’s course on international marketing. Late night around 9 pm on a Thursday after the halfway point...
View ArticleGoing Critical.
The technology scene in Pakistan heads towards a transition to something bigger and different.PASHA ICT Awards 2015 winners on stage in Lahore with Judges, mentors, sponsors and organizers.It is a hazy...
View ArticleGetting Published. The road to my publishing contract
The short answer is that I was incredibly lucky. I wrote and shared something on Linkedin in a distant November that caught the eye of an editor who wrote back. Two calls, eight emails and six months...
View ArticleActuaries are boring.
My life as an actuary…One of my favorite interview question that throws applicants at our shop into all kinds of hissy fits is:“What do you think you will be doing every day once you start working at...
View ArticleCrude oil price outlook-2020–2030
What do we know about the future and how does it help us build an outlook for crude oil prices in the next 10 years?US Net Energy Trade — Source EIA — Annual Energy Outlook — 2017If you are interested...
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Hotel Olympic. A football field at the outskirts of Tehran.On the outskirts of Tehran, about an hour’s drive away from the city center is a hotel that once dreamt of hosting Olympic athletes from...
View ArticleCircles of light
A movement to bring about positive change begins with a pinprick of light.Circles of light.One sweltering summer we invited our partners in Thailand for a round of meetings in Karachi. The year was...
View ArticleAgainst the wind.
Jawwad does a 90 second short inspired by Bob Seger and his younger training partners on the tartan track in Karachi.Owais has come a long way from his original football days. He made it to the...
View ArticleStupid and unlucky vs Lucky and smart? Pick one.
Lucky or unlucky, what will it be for you today?12 years ago, I run into this smart founder I had once mentored. They are on their way to make a big mistake. I tell him don’t. He asks why?I say because...
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