You Are What You Eat
We don’t just consume food. We consume media. And we consume copious amounts of it without thinking about the consequences. And yes, there are consequences. To quote Aldous Huxley, “One believes things because one...
Mentors Or The Lack Of It In The World Of Advertising
For as long as I can remember, a mentor has always been someone I have searched for. I can date this search back to the years in school when I would take literature simply...
Discovering the new Pakistani Consumer
By Ali Raza Merchant
There is a major shift in consumer spending in the urban retail environment, in recent times. The question that comes to mind is that, where have all these new consumers come...
“Our environment is a little less risk-taking when it’s come to creativity”
SYNERGYZER: You started your career as an investment banker in the US, then came to Pakistan and started a channel and today you are heading a digital agency. What prompted the transition?
FAIZAN SYED: After...
CULTURE VULTURE — The Alchemy of Learning
In a world where there is peace amongst the many nations, where there is no poverty, where no one has to work, where there are no lies, where there are no people being enslaved,...
Pulp Friction ka Khaas Number
By Omair Faizullah
“Because, if I am not mistaken, we shall have to say that about men…poets and story-tellers are guilty of making the gravest misstatements when they tell us that wicked men are often happy,...
What People Really Want from Brands Amid the Cost-of-Living Crisis?
Throughout their evolution, brands have held on to one common part of their definition; of being a promise of a certain standard or quality. The expectation from the consumers at large has also not...
Is the Creative Director Role Headed for Extinction? CD’s and ECD‘s Give Insights
As originally published in Synergyzer Annual 2020
Leading creative professionals give their views about how the emergence of digital advertising will affect the conventional role of Creative Director (CD) and Executive Creative Director (ECD).
HIRA MOHIBULLAHExecutive...
Executive Doodle – Globetrotting Travel Alchemist
Pakistan's potential as a global tourism powerhouse is currently drowned in a sea of incompetence and neglect. As the shadows of mismanagement loom large,...
Tower Sports Secures Satellite Rights for ICC Cricket Events in Pakistan...
In a ground-breaking move set to redefine cricket broadcasting in Pakistan, Tower Sports, under the umbrella of HUM Network Limited (HNL), has secured the...
