Waqas Alam comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the recent flooding in Gwadar, the Structure of the Pakistani State and why Balochistan is ignored by mainstream media.
In this episode we discuss the rains in Gwadar, flooding, the bureaucracy, the difference between the two Gwadars, Fishing Culture, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, the Sardari System and more.
Waqas Alam Angaria is a baloch journalist associated with Geo News. He has covered 2022 floods extensively and Gwader flood 2024. He covers a variety of topics, including human rights, heritage, politics, and natural disasters. He had been active in student politics before becoming a journalist. He was a member of the National Students Federation and later became president of Progressive Students Federation Karachi. He tweets @waqasaalam
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Flooding and Rain in Gwadar
13:00 Climate Change, Drought and Flooding
16:30 Government, Bureaucracy and Balochistan
27:00 Fishing Culture in Balochistan and Respect for Nature
34:00 Climate Mitigation
45:50 Media ignored floods in Gwadar
58:30 Sardari system in Balochistan and State Structure
1:20:00 Academic work in Pakistan
1:26:30 Why does mainstream Pakistanis not care about the peripheries
1:29:00 Audience Questions
