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Hasnain Nawaz makes it to the top of the e-commerce industry – wknd.

By Ammar Tarique

Published: Mon 10 Oct 2022, 2:29 PM

Last updated: Mon 10 Oct 2022, 2:31 PM

When Hasnain Nawaz was laid off from his job, he was heartbroken. He had worked so hard to climb up the ladder of success, but it all came tumbling down when he lost his job. "I remember the day like it was yesterday," he said. "I was in my old Honda CD 70 bike, driving around aimlessly, wondering what I could do next."

But that's when Nawaz decided to take a different approach. He started looking for other ways to make money as an e-commerce strategistand that is when he found Fiverr and Upwork. "It was like a lightbulb went off," he said. "Here are all these people who need helpwhy not me?"

Today, Nawaz is an example for the youth who look up to hima successful entrepreneur who shows them how they can make their dreams come true too!

Early education and career

Nawaz went to a local government college, where he earned an associate engineering degree in 2014. It was only after completing his degree that he realised his future did not lie in engineering. So, he enrolled in computer science classes, got diplomas in IT subjects, and learned PHP software development. After graduating from college, he began learning SEO and e-commerce on eBay and Amazon.

"Even though I did well in school and had a decent job lined up after graduation, all of those things felt like dead ends for my future: no bright future in engineering meant no bright future anywhere else either," said Nawaz.

Soon after, he got his first job as a computer operator for Pepsi. He eventually moved on to work as an e-commerce associate at one of his countrys top agenciesall while continuing to polish his skills in digital marketing.

Losing his job

When Nawaz was laid off from his job, he had no idea that he would be leaving with such an emotional impact. He had always been a hard worker. He was always excited to go to work and he loved what he didhe was an excellent employee. But in return for all this hard work, he earned a suspension from the company.

It was a complete shock to him. He thought that his employer realised how much value he brought to the company and decided to give him a break so they could focus on other projects instead of putting him through more stress and frustration. But it turned out that his employer didn't see it like that at all. They just wanted to get rid of him as quickly as possible because they were afraid that he would get too big for his britches. But it came as a shock to him when he found out what happened because he knew how much effort it took for him to make it in this world and now someone had taken that away from him without any reason at all.

It was at this point in his life that Nawaz decided to become an entrepreneur and create his own company. He wanted to be in control of his life, and he knew that if he could build up a successful business then no one else would ever be able to take that away from him again.

Nawaz decided that he was going to go into the digital marketing business because this is what he knew best.

Entering the entrepreneurial world

In a world full of doom and gloom, it's easy to feel like you're drowning.

But Hasnain didn't let his layoff deter him. He knew he had to keep going and make the best of his situationso he launched himself into entrepreneurship.

Talking about his entrepreneurial success, he said: "Its funny how life works. I was laid off from my job and I was devastated. I felt like a failure like I let my family down. But then I realised that this was just another opportunity for me to take control of my life and start making it happen on my terms. I didnt want to let that opportunity pass me by, so I took it as an opportunity to launch myself into entrepreneurship. It was hard work: extreme determination and self-confidence will take you far if you have those qualities in abundance.

And then finally after months of hard work, I landed a high-paying clientand from there on out, things started happening fast. My entrepreneurial journey began with just one client but now there are more than enough customers who love what we do so much that they keep coming back for more. Our business is growing rapidly, and were putting systems in place to help us manage it all, he added.

And now? Well, now he's a self-made millionaire who can do anything he wants. That is not all that bad for someone who was once out of luck.

Achievements and success

Nawazs achievements are many, and he is a successful entrepreneur who has been able to work with many different types of businesses. He has been able to start his own company, Online Wave, which provides e-commerce services to clients worldwide. He has also been able to earn money through Google AdSense and eBay by selling his products.

Nawaz is a successful entrepreneur who has built a successful life for himself by earning money through affiliate marketing and eBay sales. He has been able to provide an opportunity for the youth to become independent by teaching them skills like internet marketing, SEO, and e-commerce. His passion lies in helping others achieve their goals in life through his teachings and sharing knowledge. Nawaz has also been able to teach many students at different offline workshops on how to make money online.

Nawaz has created a website called HNPDFTools that allows users to convert files from one format to another for free. The site addresses the financial struggles faced by the unemployed and undergraduate youth. Many foreigners want their files to be converted from one format (such as PDF) into another file type (such as JPG), so the demand for such services is high. You can use this site for that purpose, and you will earn money.

You can follow Hasnain Nawaz on FB, Instagram, Twitter @rimrhussy, and Snapchat @imrhussy.

Ammar Tarique is a content strategist at Teamology Softech and Media Private Limited

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Croma’s Dussehra commercial for the southern market highlights togetherness and love – Exchange4Media

As India welcomes the highly awaited festive season, Cromafrom the Tata Groupreleases its Dussehra DVC (Digital Video Commercial). Conceptualised and executed by SoCheers, the video is a part of the brand's Festival of Dreams campaign.

The one-minute commercial primarily focuses on the southern market therefore, the ad essentially aired in south India and has been further adapted from Telugu to Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada for regional audiences. Released last week, the video went live across digital & social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

The emotional and lovable video portrays the importance and overwhelming feeling of togetherness in a family at festivals.Opening with an elderly man reminiscing about the past Dussehra celebrationsand longing to have that perfect family picture with each and every one present, the man wishes to have one this year.Seeing the entire family, finally together, the protagonist eagerly waits to capture it for life. Adding the cherry on the cake, the ad beautifully integrates Cromas products and furthers its philosophy of bringing happiness at home during such special occasions.

Commenting on the campaign,Shibashish Roy, Chief Business Officer E-commerce and Marketing, Cromasaid, "With the Festival of Dreams, our intention is to fulfil gadget dreams of our consumers and we have curated great products and exciting offers for them. In India, our festivals hold a special place in our hearts. Therefore, this Dussehra we wanted to create a relatable film which celebrates creating memories with our loved ones."

Jitendra Hirawat, Director, SoCheers Filmssaid, The festive season is all about relatability and celebrating it all together with your loved ones. And, that is exactly what we have touched upon in our new commercial. With this campaign, we have been able to bring up the right tone of all kinds of sentiments that engages the audience and conveys the message beautifully.

Very recently, in a multi-agency pitch, SoCheers bagged the digital mandate for Croma. As per which, the agency will be offering an end-to-end digital media services including social media management, web films and creative services. Apart from this, the agency alsoconceptualised and executed a topical campaign to announce the pre-sale of the Apple iPhone 14. Along with other activities, Cromas #BreakfastWithApple offering was leveraged and a basket of 14 apples was sent to a bunch of influencers, creating suspense amongst them, to promote early bookings of iPhone 14.

Commenting on the partnership,Rajni Daswani, Director - Digital Marketing, SoCheerssaid, We are thrilled to add such a prestigious brand to our roster of clients and we look forward to enhancing their digital journey with more clutter-breaking campaigns. Since its inception, Croma has been synonymous with all electronic needs of the consumers. Therefore, it will be our endeavour to further the brands decade-old legacy with our expertise. And, these two campaigns, #BreakfastWithApple and #Dussehra, indeed, showcase our commitment towards taking ahead the brands goals in the desired direction.

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The Libertarian Party is collapsing. Heres why – The Hill

Only a few years after its greatest triumph, the Libertarian Party is collapsing, torn apart by an insurgency of alt-right sympathizers with racist tendencies. Libertarianism, the idea that state power must be absolutely minimized, relies on ideas of individual rights that seem flatly inconsistent with racism. And yet libertarian rhetoric has always had powerful attractions for those who wanted to resist racial equality. How is that possible?

There is in fact a connection, but it is one of psychology and political history rather than logic.

I just published a history of libertarianism. The book is a critical introduction to this ideology, which has done so much to shape American politics. I focused on its major thinkers Hayek, Friedman, Epstein, Rothbard, Nozick and Rand and sought to address their strongest arguments. None of them were racists, and most rejected racism vehemently, so I largely ignored the linkage with racism. Yet now it presents itself.

In May, the party was taken over at its national convention by the so-called Mises Caucus, a far-right group, some of whose members have been associated with racist and antisemitic ideas. The caucus is named after the libertarian economist Ludwig von Mises, whose philosophy was pretty crude (as I explained in the book) but who firmly condemned racism.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire tweeted (in a later deleted post) that America isnt in debt to black people. If anything its the other way around. Caucus members have called for violent repression of antifa and Black Lives Matter protesters. The new leaderships first and most prominent decision was to remove from the party platform language declaring, We condemn bigotry as irrational and repugnant.

As a result, the party is facing mass defections. In 2016, Gary Johnson was the most successful Libertarian presidential candidate in history. He got almost 4.5 million votes (3.3 percent of the votes cast, three times more than any previous Libertarian candidate, including Johnson himself in 2012).

The crackup is in part the result of crass political machinations. The insurgents are funded by donors who have been close to former President Trump, suggesting that the takeover is part of a coordinated Republican stratagem to destroy a party that has been draining away Republican votes. If Trump had gotten every Libertarian vote in 2020, he would have won. The chairman of the New Mexico Libertarian Party wrote that the leadership has adopted messaging and communications hostile to the principles for which the Libertarian Party was founded, serving no purpose other than to antagonize and embarrass. That may indeed be the purpose. Battles for control of the state party are also happening in Virginia and Massachusetts.

This stratagem would not be possible unless the alt-right people were available for recruitment. There is a reason why they joined the Libertarians instead of the Greens, another third party whose principles are equally antithetical to them.

The connection between libertarianism and race dates back to 1964. After he had the Republican presidential nomination, Barry Goldwater (himself no racist) voted against the Civil Rights Act on libertarian grounds: In a speech co-authored by future Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, he said that the freedom to associate means the same thing as the freedom not to associate. In so doing, he transformed the Republican coalition. Eisenhower had gotten about 40 percent of the Black vote in 1956; Nixon in 1960, about a third; Goldwater, 6 percent. Goldwater was the first Republican ever to win in Georgia and the first since Reconstruction to carry Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina. Richard Nixons eagerness to woo the voters who had supported George Wallace in 1968 consolidated the racial polarization of American politics.

Racism seems to be part of libertarianisms appeal to some Americans. It is easier to oppose government power if you dont like what that power will be used for. Some of the libertarian leadership noticed that and has made racist appeals for decades. Some libertarians even dream of abandoning the state for clusters of self-governing enclaves, some of which could be all white. Ayn Rand called racism the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. But her condemnation of unproductive, parasitic moochers has more resonance when you think you know who those people are.

Libertarianism offers a peculiar vision of the heroic solitary individual who sustains himself without any external support. It says, I dont depend on anybody. I can take care of myself. This fantasy of autarky can also involve the capacity to separate from people one doesnt like. It denies any obligation to them that might be based either on shared membership in a community or on a history of wrongs that one has involuntarily benefited from. The fantasy is easy to swallow if it means that one gets to keep more of what one has. Here as elsewhere in libertarian thought, there is an active partnership between delusion and greed.

Andrew Koppelman, John Paul Stevens Professor of Law at Northwestern University, is the author of Burning Down the House: How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed (St. Martins Press).Follow him on Twitter@AndrewKoppelman.

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Ron Paul: Will Italys Election Foreshadow US Midterms? – Libertarian Party

By Ron Paul

Sunday was an historic election day for Italy. A conservative alliance with a populist flair absolutely trounced the technocrats who had been running the country into the ground for the past several years.

The previous prime minister, former Goldman Sachs banker Mario Draghi, implemented one of the most restrictive and inhuman Covid shutdowns, which, along with supporting economically suicidal sanctions against Russia, have left Italy an economic basket case.

Replacing the bland banker will likely be Giorgia Meloni from the right-wing Sons of Italy party. Meloni will be a first for Italy: the first female prime minister. But dont expect the Left to celebrate it: her name cannot be mentioned in the mainstream media without reference to Mussolini.

Ironically, the democratic victory of Meloni and the rest of the Italian right likely owes a great deal of gratitude to one of Europes most undemocratic and anti-democratic leaders: European Union Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen.

On the eve of the Italian elections, the unelected von der Leyen warned Italians that if they voted for the wrong parties they would be punished. Asked about the surge of the political opposition in Italy on the eve of the elections, she warned Italian voters, we will see the result of the vote in Italy. If things go in a difficult direction and Ive spoken about Hungary and Poland we have the tools.

In other words, her message to Italian voters was yes you can vote, but if you vote in a way I do not approveof, you will be punished.

Italians rushed to vote in a way she did not approve of. It will be interesting to see what happens.

How does any of this relate to the United States as the US moves closer to the midterm elections? Americans have also been given warnings by the political elites that they dare not vote for the wrong candidates or parties.

On September 1st, President Biden issued a warning similar to that of Europes von der Leyen. In one of the most bizarre speeches in political history, Biden warned that Trump supporters are determined to take this country backwards backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. They promote authoritarian leaders, and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country.

He spoke on a frightening, red-lit stage with US Marines serving as props on either side of him. This was no Checkers speech with Nixon speaking wistfully about his cocker spaniel. No, it was a declaration of war against half of the country.

A few weeks ago Sweden threw its left-wing government out and Sunday the Italians did the same. While the political differences in Europe seem more cosmetic than substantive for example Italys presumptive new prime minister supports weapons to Ukraine just like her predecessor there is still a strong feeling of popular revolt against political elites in the air.

That doesnt mean things will easily go our way, as there is no automatic libertarian surge. But we must study hard and take advantage of every single opportunity. People are sick of the elites? That means they are likely open to the concepts of non-interventionism and sound money. Lets help educate them!

Originally published by the Ron Paul Institute on 9/26/22

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We are the country taking the energy crisis least seriously. Even Shells boss is baffled – The Guardian

Wars cannot be fought successfully by libertarians. They demand collective effort, shared sacrifice, strategies for deploying scarce economic resources and collaboration with allies. All are anathema to a libertarian like the prime minister, Liz Truss.

State initiative inviting collective effort and sacrifice is off-limits as nannying. Demands on the better-off and on companies enjoying extreme windfall profits to share their proper burden are vetoed as coercive and confiscatory. Even working with the foreign other is regarded with suspicion as a constraint on sovereignty. Put not your trust in libertarians especially in war.

It may be indirect, but Britain is in a war against Russia. But we are the country taking the winter threat of Putin-induced energy shortages least seriously. We are alone in not asking for energy savings or efficiencies from business or households in exchange for the generous bounty of an indiscriminate price cap offered to everyone regardless of circumstance. With negligible capacity to store gas ourselves, we depend on the kindness of EU countries to help us if Putin turns the screw on gas supplies this winter. And we are the country whose incredible fiscal policy stupendous tax cuts at the same time as huge spending on an indiscriminate energy cap is cast as if the world were as placid as a millpond, so provoking contagion in the financial markets that risks damage to our allies.

The emphatically non-libertarian Biden administration openly regards Truss as out to lunch but so do former friends in the EU. The design of Trusss energy price guarantee package, up to 150bn, is regarded with incredulity. Her veto of a 15m public information campaign designed to suggest how citizens might save energy because it represented a state intrusion into personal space is an accurate window into Trusss worldview. She truly believes this libertarian nonsense.

In her world, there can be no collective endeavour to save energy and no fair sharing of sacrifice. Thus, it is illegitimate to tax the windfall profits of energy companies, let alone curb the speculative activity of energy traders bewildered by the scale of the profits they are making. This would improperly confiscate profit, which is the driver of all human activity: any obligation to society or others is delusional.

Thus the outgoing CEO of Shell, Ben van Beurden, may say publicly, as he did last week, that the market cannot be allowed to operate to hurt the weakest: One way or another, there needs to be government intervention... that somehow results in protecting the poorest. And that probably means governments need to tax people in this room [of energy companies] to pay for it I think we just have to accept [that] as a societal reality.

But Truss lives in the parallel universe of libertarian Ayn Rand novels in which alleged societal realities are the enemy of the moral imperatives of choice, personal freedom and individual responsibility. In her view, Van Beurden suffers from false consciousness, as Marxists used to say of workers content to live with capitalism. Shell may have got lucky with the oil price, but its sole responsibility is to distribute its profits, however excessive or lucky, to shareholders who will spend it as they think fit or invest in what it considers likely to yield profit in future. It must and should not worry about those realities. She doesnt. So why should Shell?

Thus the irresponsible approach to energy. Capping the unit cost of energy so that the average bill is 2,500 per household this winter is certainly better than no cap, but for the 10.5 million people on absolute low incomes after housing costs, bills on that scale remain impossible. They should have had more relief, the better-off, less. Further windfall taxes should have been levied on energy companies, as Shells CEO suggested, and a huge campaign launched on energy saving. The government should set an example; following Germany, France and Spain, no public building should be heated above 19C. There could be traffic speed limits and restraints on lighting buildings, adverts and shop fronts. EU states are setting targets for reducing energy usage by 8%-10%. Why not Britain? The whole package could have been targeted and cheaper, and the billions saved could have been spent on a mass programme to scale up the insulation of our hopelessly energy-inefficient housing stock.

No dice. Instead, our government is praying that we will avoid the National Grids extreme scenario of Putin-induced, Europe-wide energy shortages and France, Belgium and Holland being incapable of supplying us electricity in the winter, which would force a succession of three-hour rolling blackouts. But France has signalled that it may not be able to export energy this winter and Putin, after a fall in gas prices over September, is all but certain to reproduce what he has done with Opec and impose gas shortages or even no gas on Europe. The extreme scenario is all too likely.

Worse, as the Bank of England told the government last week, its mini-budget of 45bn of tax cuts on top of this carelessly expensive approach to energy nearly triggered a financial implosion. Yet the markets are now learning that Truss wants to use investment zones to butcher up to another 12bn of corporation tax revenue even as the Bank comes to the end of its emergency gilt-buying programme. Trusss Britain is a hotbed of financial instability.

Yet the country and the Conservative party are chained to this imbecilic policy framework for at least the next two years. It may lead to political annihilation for the Tories at the next general election, but the damage that is being done remains colossal and hard to repair. Even the chancellor, vainly trying to cap the number of investment zones, and Jacob Rees-Mogg, suffering a veto of his proposed energy public information campaign both fully paid up members of the right must be dazed by the ideological obstinacy of their leader. The only silver lining is that Britain, after this, will never again flirt with toxic libertarianism.

Will Hutton is an Observer columnist

This article was amended on 9 October 2022. An earlier version referred to the government capping energy bills at 2,500 per household this winter. The energy price cap announced by Liz Truss is a limit on the unit cost of electricity and gas, not on overall bills; the 2,500 a year figure relates to the average amount that a typical household will pay under the new cap. This has been corrected.

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