Hey there! My name is Habib Ahmed, and I am the founder and host of the Pak-Cord podcast. This podcast is a unique, modern Pakistani podcast focused on young Pakistanis all over the world. Each episode, we invite a new guest (or multiple guests) to discuss a topic or tell a story that relates our shared connection to Pakistan!

I started Pak-Cord in September 2018, and to date we have published more than 70 episodes and garnered much affection and wonderful feedback from our listeners. To run this podcast, I spend hours of work on the podcast each week, which includes recording with guests, editing, creating promotions for each episode, maintaining our website, and reaching out to other potential guests. Editing takes the most amount of time, as I spend on average between 4 to 6 hours of editing (sometimes even longer) on each episode that we publish (depending on length of episode, number of guests, and a few other factors) – each and every second of the episodes are carefully examined and edited by myself to give you a highest-quality listening experience. 

For two years I have paid out-of-pocket for all expenses related to the podcast – including the podcast hosting service, website hosting fees, monthly advertising fees across Instagram/Facebook/Reddit/etc., Soundcloud subscription, and paying our dedicated artist for his tremendous work (check out our Instagram!).

We currently do not have any sponsors, so as you can imagine, all these expenses can add up. I work on this podcast out of pure passion, and will continue to support it as long as we have our wonderful community and your support and love with us!

That said, I could certainly use your help, and I assure you that all of your donations will be extremely appreciated, and leveraged to continue making this podcast more expansive and immersive for our global Pakistani community. 

Thank you, and Salam!

– Habib Ahmed
Pak-Cord Owner and Host