The Untold Potential of Pakistan's Tech Sector |

[@bike-wala]

I am absolutely blown away by the in-depth knowledge and insights shared by Sir Athar Imran Nawaz in this podcast! His expertise and passion for the tech sector in Pakistan are truly inspiring. I'm also incredibly thankful to Raftar for making this video available to us. It's discussions like these that open our eyes to the immense potential and possibilities that lie ahead for Pakistan. Thank you to everyone involved in this enlightening conversation. 🙌🇵🇰 #TechForChange #PakistanRising

[@saifrehman2081]

Finally, someone is trying to rebuild the nation through this type of topic and podcast. Thank you so much Raftar

[@zwzqclips]

yeah

[@AmeerHamza-cy6km]

inshallah launching 5 to 6 digital products soon. (as a senior software engineer)

[@ranahammad4561]

Bhut knowledge mil raha hai Raftar aap se

[@javedalam-pz7jw]

Lot of love❤ first podcast,full of informative, education etc

[@Anonymous-px9wk]

India is 6 times population of Pakistan India IT exports $200 billion Pakistan IT exports $2billion Population is 6 times but IT exports is 100 times

[@mayurkanth6987]

China's electronics exports :- $965 Billion Indian Electronics exports :- $24B India's population is more than China but electronics exports are not even 1/50th of China

[@Anonymous-px9wk]

@@mayurkanth6987 correct india is atleast 15 years behind china now & historically china is manufacturing export led economy and indis is service led economy But china's electronic exports are declining While indias electronics exports are increasing drastically Specially mobile exports I hope you are aware about PLI scheme Iphones are moving manufacturing from china to india Indias mobile phone exports has increased 7 folds in last 5 years And in 2014 india just had 2 mobile manufacturing units So we are catching up fast Specially mobile exports And

[@bushraa6527]

@@Anonymous-px9wk clean your streets first

[@omkarbhakare7496]

​@@mayurkanth6987where did china came here if you are thinking that china is your buddy beware become they are making you isolated in globally isolated 😢😢😂❤❤😂😂😂

[@manhar3891]

​@@mayurkanth6987exactly, u are right. But next five years Chinese figure will decrease and same time Indian figure grow exponentially. Look recent investment in India on Electronic manufacturing, look the restricts and India Govt how forcing leading manufactures to make within India Electronic goods. That's good sign for electronic manufacturing. Last month 2024 January , one month electronic export is $22.5 billions. Tamilnadu is in leading last month in exports. Next two years we will cross per year $200 billion electronic exports, once Semiconductor chips manufacture comes into Indian market then with five years $350-400 billion electronics equipment exports takes places. Just one month electronic export reached 22.5 blion dollars in January.

[@yxs3221]

Excellent podcast. Being a software engineer myself, Pakistan’s intellectual and professional capacity is not at par with modern world to excel. We have pockets of excellence but as a nation of 240 million we are at a poor level of education in general.

[@bassambhatti5661]

Amazing podcast as a entreprenuer i must say that this is what he talks core about our issues

[@huzaifashaheer724]

Sir simple si baat hai. Agar software companies handsome initial salary offer karein gi to freelancers companies ko join karein gey. Companies almost 250USD offer krti hain. Free lancer initially 1000USD earn kr leta hai. Wo kesey company ka employee bn skta hai?

[@Raja-pr1ex]

He said this is short term gain that the freelancers are getting. Their growth will be less after 10 years as compared to a guy working in a company where you can learn more with more people around you.

[@huzaifashaheer724]

@@Raja-pr1ex How to educate these ppl to join companies? Simple way is to give them attractive salary packages.

[@ShahabUddin-gd8cl]

Very well said. At day end, its about how much one earn. Atleast for current economic and inflation situation of Pakistan.

[@arslanmaqsood1287]

I didn't expect such type of conversation on a Pakistani social media. Excellent

[@raftartv]

کیوں بھائی؟

[@sairakanwal2]

Yha vlogging chlti h xD​@@raftartv

[@arundhawan8574]

So one of the largest IT companies in Pakistan employs 2,000 workers. TCS in India employs 3,60,000 people. Their on-campus training center has 80,000 employees.

[@sanuagarwal8618]

TCS have 2000 people in single floor

[@aniruddhabetta2950]

India's it exports in India is 193 billion dollars, and software export is 320 billion dollars.

[@AbidAngria]

Great

[@salalkhan4184]

Raftar One of the best KZbin channel in Pakistan ❤

[@ScalemyBusiness]

Kindly add timestamps on your podcast. No one has 1+ hour podcast listening time

[@Ranashakeelahmad]

We should grow collective....must

[@khanskingdom8275]

Great podcast! Got a pretty good insight about Pak tech sector and was shocked that our issues are mostly psychological based. Time stamps would have been better for those who can't listen to an hour long podcast.

[@ranahammad4561]

Mashallah Rafat keep it up

[@manojchittayil3326]

As an indian watching this , impressed with athar and his understanding of tech to change lives ... modi realized that in 2014 and then we are now racing to be the biggest economy in probably 2 decades ...

[@neerajwa]

Pakistan should focus on their core strengths. They are extremely competent in various tasks. In fact they can create those industries in every home. For last 75 years they have done those tasks with world leading expertise. All of you know which expertise I am talking about. This expertise has now become identity of Pakistan. Such a strong recognition. They should build on that reputation. No one can out compete them in those high quality tasks . That is the strength of Pakistan.

[@ranahammad4561]

Very Nice

[@BeingGuru20]

Everybody is missing the basic idea in this country...Freelancers are not the problem, infact there is huge room for more to be accommodated (quality workers). Problem is scaling up as companies. We need to encourage people to create partnerships, build companies....Now with wave accelerating for GIG economy, we just need to focus better on encouraging people to team-up, go for products exports (SAAS, Digital Products)...In years ahead you'll have two pillars. A. Freelancers (Gig Economy) B. Products Exports (Software companies focusing on products as well as services) Now "B" is something that will help you fetch more $ in the country and eventually venture capitalists....

[@iEscapedVim]

In my company, we posted jobs for Junior Front-End Dev, around 150+ applicants I rejected them all, none of them had the skills they should have as beginners.

[@arslanmaqsood1287]

Great

[@TheReaderbySameer]

I would request to host and guest both please launch new hiring in that big IT organizations to provide jobs and confidence to these new kids first. 2nd give them may be low offers with internal free learnings and trainings to improve their knowledge and skills with hands on job experience that will make a real difference

[@ChanderValasai-l6z]

Thanks to raftar for such worth watching podcasts for everyone

[@anwerrizvi1847]

This is a funny question, just a reminder X is shut down and you are talking IT

[@ehsanjavaid1858]

Tech woh chex hai i believe jis nay establishment ku expose kar dia Pakistan ki after 75 years.. Incredible. Raftar never disappoints.. Keep it up.. 👍

[@ranahammad4561]

Raftar is blessing

[@khalidriaz1726]

There are two ways of having conversation. Raise the issues, and let the guest discuss them. The other is to have a dialogue. In a situation where you want to benefit from someone’s professional expertise in a specialized field, the former is better. In any case, allow the guest enough time to say what he has to say.

[@samiullahkhanabdali121]

Only Digitization can change the positive coarse of Pakistan.

[@noobanimation8503]

Why not pakistan is focusing on agriculture, u guys have fertile soil right.

[@riz35]

U nailed it

[@ZeeshanAnsari-hy5zg]

All the corrupts own those fertile lands.

[@Anonymous-px9wk]

For agriculture land is not the only criteria Electricity is so expensive How will tubewells and other farm equipments function with such high Electricity fuel rates?

[@masterstroke7163]

Fertile land toh hai paaaar haall kaam nahi karta.

[@blockminded1443]

Pakstudy se bahir niklo

[@umer.on.youtube]

Didn't know anything about both these guys but appreciated the blunt style of the person in blue shirt and the fluency/clarity of the other person. Damn, this was better than I expected. Keep going. You've got yourself a tech subscriber today!

[@raftartv]

Mochos Gracious 🫡

[@umer.on.youtube]

How can we connect on LinkedIn?@@raftartv

[@umer.on.youtube]

what's your LI?@@raftartv

[@sheerazahmed2336]

The CEO of Sybrid is advocating for individuals to choose full-time employment over freelancing, despite offering a relatively modest salary of 70,000 per month for front-end developers. This raises a pertinent question: why would individuals opt for this employment opportunity when freelancing offers the potential to earn upwards of 1500-2000 USD per month, with significantly less workload and greater flexibility? Moreover, considering long-term prospects, a full-time employee with 10 years of experience might anticipate earning around 300,000-400,000 annually, whereas a seasoned freelancer could conceivably command 7000-10000 USD per month. Additionally, uncertainties surrounding future inflation rates further complicate the CEO's argument in favor of traditional employment. It appears that the purported benefits of employment primarily favor individuals in positions of authority, rather than the broader workforce. Therefore, the CEO's rationale appears to be fundamentally flawed.

[@divyanshusingh2145]

nope , he's right your way , you'd never build up Product based companies that provide jobs to lakhs of people , your crop of tech savvy engg's won't grow (The Infra and HR is the key to sector's success) - you'll remain just a fish in the pond and mind you the pond is drying up fairly fast with the advent of AI Gone are the good days of freelancing based personal growth

[@MuhammadImranMaani]

Branding jobs are a part of advertising agencies not the IT industry. We sell logos starting from a minimum of 50,000 to 1 million, depending on a scope of work, and very few educated graphic designs can meet the client's needs.

[@divyanshsh]

smart guy... very nice

[@abdulmoiz7]

We need more on this topic. And we want this to be realized by our so called Govt as well. And then take serious actions on serious notes.

[@MuhammadUsman-nz8pv]

Hahahha but don’t you know who really “governed” if you want it to be called govern, in past 7 decades?

[@RNDixit-me5uj]

It looked more like a roasting video 😂😂

[@janbazkhan1011]

kindly, divide the podcast in different segment so it become easy to listen to the specific segments

[@shahzebanwar]

My fav channel these days. Kuddos to whole Raftar team!

[@S4NM]

Fee of Bachelor of Science Degree is costing PKR 20-Lakhs = and then to Purdue University USA costing USD 50K a year ===> this much of money spend onto Mr Ather Imran Nawaz - he is privileged and fortunate. A normal family cannot send his child to GIK......

[@HinaRaja-o3x]

if you have talent, and work hard you can get fully paid scholarships. our students don't wana work hard unfortunately

[@ansumanchauhan]

Even Allah can not save Pakistan, because if you want to save Pakistan, you need to speak truth, but your ईमान don't let you speak truth।

[@AbidBeli]

تین کام کرلیں ترقی کرنا شروع کر دیں گے - منافقت چھوڑ دیں، صحیح لوگوں کو صحیح جگہ بٹھائیں - ایک دوسرے کا ہاتھ تھامیں اور مل کر کام کریں - جو غلط ہے اسے اب ہاتھ سے روکنا شروع کریں صرف دل میں برا اور زبان سے برا کہنا بند کریں،

[@saleemmuhammad5463]

Also make a program on 15 May when CJ come karachi.

[@muhammadnouman7939]

Love you sir ❤❤❤ .

[@S4NM]

reduce the FEE of private Universities make it equivalent to the earnings of normal Pakistani then you can produce genius...

[@Cricketfanatic929]

Please formake a PODCASt on Pskistan ENDINEERING sector and tell about the engineering in pakistan and future in engineering in pakistan for the new coming students in engineering

[@blumenbauer7820]

🇩🇪 FIRST 🇩🇪

[@ranahammad4561]

Raftar is blessing

[@ZingThing]

there can never be any sea change there till the power centre is the establishment and the public is fed on religion

[@ajeebdiscoverychannel]

he seems similar to umar saif. is he his relative?

[@HamidShafiq-b8y]

Pakistan pace slow but we are moving in a direction by people himself

[@KanishQQuotes]

Get your basics correct Food security needs to be first priority Talking about tech with the electricity sector being a mess that it is And of course the lack of even basics like PayPal And honestly these don't require much time , these can easily be sorted in less than 5 years

[@ZeeshanIbrahim-ld5yv]

Hum sub mil kar kaam kar he nahi saktay kisi bhi sector main bas Ya point hai

[@KamaiTainment]

Universities need to start delivering skilled graduates. Govt needs to make policies regarding IT supports. Support companies to go for ISO certifications or any other standards that are accepted world wide. Built trust with global players.

[@waqarzakaria8094]

The main problem is the divide and rule policy from 75years which is very sad!

[@245manakis]

Add timeline

[@AkramBawani]

Raftar team please add timestamp chapters

[@alibinahmed6651]

3:29 minutes Please play the video directly

[@TheReaderbySameer]

So if you ask for well trained and experienced people are you paying them at that level NO, so why don’t you hire them may be on low package and trained them internally to make a best asset

[@ramakanthkondabathini3824]

Your youth more inclined towards religious fanatics ... who will come and invest in your your country ... Everything is religion... change your mindset for affinity towards STEM subjects ....

[@bushraa6527]

poor education is the root fool, stop pointing and use your brain

[@shivakumarvanugu3860]

What is bjp rss doing in India? Unemployment percentage is increasing day by day. Of course India is doing well IT services but what about employment youth? Don't say bad when you do have problem too

[@saleemmuhammad5463]

Please make a program on 27 December when Benazir assassinated. And what happened in Karachi in result. It was black day of Karachi

[@nethostinc.1670]

How can Tech save the country. When PTA turns off cell services and KZbin and X is turned off at the whims of the Government when they feel threatened.

[@pipipupu5104]

But this also happened in India this happens across the world.

[@ronsingh1090]

This only happened in some parts and only for a time period. Even in Kashmir internet is blocked in some areas when there was insurgency. Toh thoda research dhang se Karo pakiyo

[@nethostinc.1670]

@@pipipupu5104 There is no comparison between India and Pakistan. India and Bangladesh has left Pakistan way behind.

[@rahulagg121]

The major issue is with Pakistan businessmen. But leaving that. Pakistan cannot grow in IT, if its own companies do not collaborate with Indian companies. Indian companies have perfected the GDM model. Now India is perfecting the GCC model. Even is a Pakistani company comes up, it can be outbid by its Indian rivals easily because of decades of experience, resources and maturity. We in India know this. We cannot compete in manufacturing. That's why we are forcing Chinese, Western companies to build in India. We are not only focused on Indian brands only. Vietnam EV company VinFast is opening a plant in India. Israeli Chip company Tower will open a fabrication plant. That's how we are building our manufacturing

[@ashvinn15]

Pakistan should focus on manufacturing , services is a trap if you don’t have a solid manufacturing ecosystem.

[@mhamza2252]

AoA if there is no justice and rule of the law, it is risky to work in a partnership

[@Wack373]

Great. You guys finally found there's more to life than terrorism

[@Ranashakeelahmad]

We should grow collective but can't because of belief.......

[@amjadriaz4860]

Pakistani Netflix "raftar"

[@Makeitgreat1]

Can tech throw the establisment out of power? I dont think so.

[@iamwaseemnoori]

Tech sector can't save Pakistan because the mentality of the nation and government. The nation mentality is that I should be having all the profit and fortune and no one else should be progressing. And government mentality is that it will increase educated class and as a result people will have power to challenge the status quo, so no reforms in PTA and no facility to tech sector should be given. These two reasons will not let Pakistan IT sector to explode and some other country, and most probably it will be either Bangladesh or Ethiopia will take the share which Pakistan had the opportunity to take.

[@TheReaderbySameer]

I don’t agree at this point that new talent or graduates are not capable all the multinational organizations take these people as intern or let them join they give internal trainings to develop their skills

[@realAamirShahzad]

Sir internet band, signal band, social media band or ham plan kar rahay Tech sector kay potential unlock karnay ka. Why would somebody spend money and open an office in Pakistan in such conditions? I wonder how Cream and other ride services provided are surviving in Pakistan. We need stability in this country and law if we want to foster progress in this country not just in IT but in any sector. Without stability and policy implementation, nothing can happen.

[@AbidAngria]

India has IIT and management institutions which are Chang the nation .in Pakistan we have Sindh University

[@khalidkhan1845]

This is the only podcast where my mind was like why this bald guy is not letting him speak.... Stay quite pls if you don't understand something. Wow wow na kren baba ji

[@1979jlr]

Indias Software IT exports is 200 billion plus

[@palaninadeson3032]

Nobody understand Urdu in the whole world, the conversation is only for Pakistanis n Let's have English subtitles so the whole world would understand Having long beard is not enough to convince the world for investment. Alhamdulillah 😂😂😂😂

[@muhammadnouman7939]

Sir wasy Pakistani university ma pori class ma sirf 5 ya 7 he bachy hoty han jina skill atta . Na lab's ha achi university ma na teachers . Bas kuch university ha jin ma lab's and teachers achy han wo expensive ha jo midel class ka lia ni

[@vend-8308]

I have been following raftar so long. Just one suggestion this host talks while the guest is speaking. (Don't like the guest) Its pretty distracting otherwise great video.

[@gottahide7950]

If "SOMEONE" close to meri jind meri jaan Gerlun Asim Munir is watching. Sit him down, give him tea/coffee and make him watch this video for God Sake.

[@S4NM]

Ather Imran Nawaz ==> studied from Purdue University and BS Fee per year is costing USD 50K --- so why dont Lakson Group open FREE EDUCATION University too. medium class family cannot earn equivalent to USD 50K yearly how would they send their kids to study at this huge amount.

[@sam007sam]

Madrassa graduates will do IT. LOL😂😂

[@ajmalazad3772]

Brother plz don't take my words wrong infact you're right , but I can't understand one thing why you're doing animation instead of agriculture.

[@raheelkamran3867]

It could have been more structured

[@manojthaker3678]

Vah Vah 😂

[@humanvoice369]

Can tech save itself from Pakistan as all other things?!

[@Ranashakeelahmad]

With help of artificial intelligence

[@S4NM]

Mr Farhan Mallick Saheb ==> why dont you speaks onto the root causes ====>>

[@palaninadeson3032]

Next Imran Khan 😂😂😂the bearded man😂 with blue t shirt 😂😂😂😂

[@ChanderValasai-l6z]

Hello Sukkur IBAians

[@palaninadeson3032]

When is the next IMF loan for Pakistan, 😂😂😂😂

[@SUPERNVA-gr4sr]

Pakistan:how to earn dollors by tech. Pakistan: Ban social media

[@motod1866]

Bhai tu podcasts mat host kiya kar. Guest ko bolne nai deta bar bar interrupt karta hai, faida aesy Ponkay podcast ka? 😂

[@muhammadaffan1488]

Mr. Anchor needs to stop interrupting the guest....its a suggestion not a critism

[@blumenbauer7820]

📚💖🇩🇪✒️

[@atulbesra822]

Talking of making a tall building without any foundations?. It is nothing but pipe dream.

[@JackBlackSM]

You cannot depend on AI for research information without a built in mechanism to validate the info.

[@politicalnewspoint4033]

koe ni bacha sakta ha choor uper bath suhana khuaab dekhna chood doo. comming days are worse then ever get ready

[@TheReaderbySameer]

I don’t agree with degrees if 📜 degree is that much important then why all organizations asks experiences in job descriptions??? Why??? Why not you let them join give them a way to earn and able to say that I have a job now later you can appreciate them to learn more do more courses and improve your caliber and improve your earnings

[@TheReaderbySameer]

In start you don’t give jobs asking for experience and if having experience then asking for degree that is completely bullshit point raised by both host and guest

[@Truth6409]

U did not even discuss the basic reasons for this whole economic downfall. Rule of law, social justice, political stability, and do your own job instead of installing hidden cameras in judges and politicians bedrooms. U can't change the system if you can't follow the fundamental principles of life.

[@MubasherbinsikanderhayatPeratc]

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