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The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:15 NFP’s new book, Imran Khan & his parallels with ZA Bhutto
09:29 The urban middle class, the voter split of Punjab, and Maududi’s political Islam
25:10 Democracy & Islam, Allama Iqbal, Maududi and political Ideologues
35:40 “Riyasat e Madina”, is there a major vote bank for religious parties?, the startof the military’s religiosity and Zia’s violence
51:26 the liberal elite, the left & reactionaries, double standards about protests
1:02:04 PTI’s protests and their false sense of security, Imran Khan’s political future and PTI’s hubris
1:17:25 Imran Riaz Khan’s arrest, projecting dreams onto reality, Cuba and his experience with communist movements
1:25:38 Myth of PTI bringing political awareness, how IK got popular and filling a void, IK’s colonial Pashtoon identity
1:42:55 PTI’s propaganda and bullying campaigns, disappearances of party leaders, and attacking feminists and liberals
1:52:58 Teflon Khan, PTI from invincibility to vulnerability, empty Zaman Park and virtue signaling
2:04:40 the Islamic voter, Salman Ahmed and Sufism, Malik Riaz and everyone in bed with the elite
2:13:52 Imran as a father figure and IK’s cricket career
2:17:29 Audience Questions
