Can Pakistan’s Economy Be Fixed? Ft. Junaid Iqbal of Shark Tank Pakistan | 357 | TBT

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International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000 Junaid Iqbal is the former Managing Director and Global Head of Careem Pay. He is also the founder of Salt Ventures and is one of the Sharks on Shark Tank Pakistan, the local edition of the popular TV show. In this episode, Junaid discusses his early life, education, and career, while sharing his thoughts on Pakistan's economy and the nation’s role in the changing global world order #thoughtbehindthings #muzamilhasan #junaidiqbal #sharktankpakistan 00:00 Dubai Studio 00:33 Introduction 03:23 Early Life & Education 08:55 First Job 09:21 Change in USA post 9/11 14:16 Returning to Pakistan 15:35 Joining Geo TV Network 19:35 Choosing Geo Over the Greencard 22:02 Tenure at Geo: How it went? 22:42 Building Real Time Stock Market Dashboard 24:59 Working with the Govt: SECP 26:06 Media's Evolution: Then vs. Now 31:40 Mass Reach through Conversations 35:39 From TV to Digital 38:10 Career Progression 39:00 Working at CNBC 40:02 Data hunt in the pre-digital era 44:07 Zeeshan’s First Startup 48:35 Joining Elixir Securities 49:02 Pakistan's Stalling Economy: Root Causes? 54:51 What's holding us back? 1:01:01 Our actual GDP & Tax collection 1:04:14 Solutions 1:04:51 Tax Filing: How to simplify it? 1:07:05 Is incompetence the issue? 1:09:53 Political Economy: What can save us? 1:23:46 Thoughts on the Left-Wing Perspective 1:36:23 Solving this 1:45:17 New World Order: The Global Shift 1:56:45 Middle East in the next 27 years Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Socials: TBT’s Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings Muzamil’s Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Support our podcast: https://anchor.fm/syed-muzamil-hasan-zaidi3/support Junaid’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jiqbalpk/?originalSubdomain=ae Podcast Links: • Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3z1cE7F • Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2S84VEd • Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3cgIkfI