

The Pakistan Experience
The Pakistan Experience
The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversations.
https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePakistanExperience
Also available on Spotify, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts.
Hosted by Shehzad Ghias Shaikh
https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePakistanExperience
Also available on Spotify, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts.
Hosted by Shehzad Ghias Shaikh
Episodes
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Aug 31, 2024 • 47min
Understanding Balochistan - Rafiullah Kakar, Zahid Hussain and Ihsanullah Tipu
From BLA to Balochistan's Central Problems, how Musharaf gave rise to the current wave of Baloch insurgency and how Pakistan needs to act to solve the issue.
Understanding Balochistan from Rafiullah Kakar, Zahid Hussain and Ihsanullah Tipu.
Watch the full podcasts:
Understanding the Central Problems of Balochistan - Rafiullah Kakar - #TPE 323
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkfTL0NMivQ
ISI, Taliban and Kashmir: A History of Militancy in Pakistan with Zahid Hussain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qtrzTXUIIo
Mahrang Baloch, Governance and Educational Crisis in Pakistan with Rafiullah Kakar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5w8Xbq5S7E
Pakistan's Security: Afghanistan, Taliban and TTP 2.0 with Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9at6W1FAwqs
The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
To support the channel:
Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912
Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
And Please stay in touch:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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.
Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh
Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/
Twitter.com/shehzad89
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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Chapters:
0:00 Understanding Balochistan's Central Problems with Rafiullah Kakar
6:45 Nawaz Akbar Bugti and General Pervez Musharraf with Zahid Hussain
20:20 Enforced Disappearances, Mahrang Baloch and Baloch protests with Rafiullah Kakar
30:30 Understanding BLA and new wave of militancy in Balochistan with Ihsanullah Tipu
37:07 The new character of insurgency in Balochistan with Rafiullah Kakar

Aug 31, 2024 • 35min
Kolkata Doctor Case-R*** Culture in India and Pakistan - Victim Blaming,Patriarchy and Honour - #TPE
Today on TPE we look at the top reasons for the frequent cases of S**ual assault in India and Pakistan - what has created this r*** culture in South Asia?
We look at the reaction in India after the Kolkata Doctor r*** case, the videos from Pakistan on 14th August showing men harassing women, victim-blaming, honour culture and patriarchy.
The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
To support the channel:
Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912
Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
And Please stay in touch:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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.
Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh
Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/
Twitter.com/shehzad89
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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Chapters
0:00 Cases of Sexual Assault in Pakistan and India
2:00 Kolkata Doctor Case and R Culture
6:00 Victim Blaming and casual use of the R word
9:24 R Culture in South Asia, Honour Killings and Me too
17:05 Patriarchy and Objectification of Women
22:48 Power, Assault and Men are not Robots
30:24 The Madonna and Whore Complex

Aug 27, 2024 • 2h 37min
Marxist Economics, Abolition of Wage Slavery and the Crisis of Capitalism - Shahram Azhar - #TPE 383
Shahram Azhar is the Associate Professor of Economics at Bucknell University. He did his PhD in Economics from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Shahram Azhar is also a Musician and a former member of the popular Leftist Pakistani band, Laal.
The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
To support the channel:
Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912
Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
And Please stay in touch:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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.
Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh
Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/
Twitter.com/shehzad89
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:10 State Abductions and Aun Ali Khosa
4:30 The Crisis of Everything and Capitalism
8:30 Bourgeois Democracy and World Capitalism System
14:50 Is Fascism exclusive to Capitalism?
28:00 Wage Labour Slavery and Universal Basic Income
39:40 Economic Inequality, IP rights and Abolition of Countries
48:30 Value, Valuations and Shareholder Maximization
57:17 Speculation and Crypto Currency
1:05:30 Global System of Elite Capture and World Revolution
1:14:30 Surplus Value and Under Development
1:21:30 Colonial Extraction, India and 1857
1:31:30 Muslim Intellectual Tradition
1:36:30 Colonialism, Imperialism and Capitalism
1:42:00 Pakistan's Economic Structure and Tricontinental Solidarity
1:50:00 BRICS, Debt and China
1:58:20 Audience Questions

Aug 26, 2024 • 1h 8min
Azaadi, Rabbi Shergill, Stories from Canada and Mohabbat - Adeel Afzal - #TPE 382
Kya Pakistanis Azaad Hain?
Adeel Afzal comes back for a fun little podcast of The Pakistan Experience where we discuss Freedom, Colonialism, Rabbi Shergill, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Canada, Western Hypocrisy and Mohabbat.
The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
To support the channel:
Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912
Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
And Please stay in touch:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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.
Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh
Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/
Twitter.com/shehzad89
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Kya hum Azaad Hayn?
6:44 Gadhi Nasheen, Colonial Subjects and Shah Mahmood Qureshi
15:21 Kya 1947 mai Pakistani azaad hogaye?
21:55 Meeting Rabbi Shergilll and Mosaic Festival Canada
30:33 Stories from Canada, Mrs. Agha and Brown Town
40:00 Is life abroad better than Pakistan? and Western Hypocrisy
60:00 Mohabbat Kya Hay

Aug 25, 2024 • 21min
Qazi Faez Isa, Mubarak Sani Judgment, TLP and the Ahmadi Issue - TPE Daily #TPE
Today we look at the Supreme Court order in the Mubarak Sani case.
The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
To support the channel:
Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912
Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
And Please stay in touch:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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.
Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh
Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/
Twitter.com/shehzad89
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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Aug 23, 2024 • 1h 8min
Understanding Deafness and The Deaf Community in Pakistan - Richard Geary - FESF - #TPE 380
Founder and Director of FESF Richard Geary comes on The Pakistan Experience to talk about Deafness, the Deaf Community, Choosing Pakistan, Cochlear Implants, Building a more accessible world and Technology.
Richard Geary (USA) is the founder and Programs Director of Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF), a non-profit educational foundation operating in Pakistan since 1989. He and his wife, Heidi Gustanski-Geary, who serves as the Director of Education programs, are parents of a deaf child. He has worked in the field of Social Development for the past 47 years, managing personnel and services in non-profits in over ten countries throughout Asia, Europe and the
Americas. His work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures has afforded him a wealth of training and rich experience in human resource development.
Under his directorship, FESF pioneered The Deaf Reach Program in Pakistan in 1989, a unique academic and skills training program for deaf children and young adults that utilizes innovative
technology-based resources for education. The Deaf Reach Schools, Training Centers & Colleges, provide education to hundreds of deaf students, with seven schools presently operational in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Nawabshah, Tando Allahyar – Rashidabad, Lahore and Jhelum.
Jhelum.
The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
To support the channel:
Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912
Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
And Please stay in touch:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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.
Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh
Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/
Twitter.com/shehzad89
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 Starting DeafReach and FESF in Pakistan
5:00 Having a Deaf Child and Services and Resources
11:41 What causes Deafness and what is Deafness
16:50 Language Deprivation and Intellectual Development
21:30 Sign Language and the Deaf Community
28:30 Cochlear Implants
32:00 Building a more accessible world and attitudes in Pakistan
41:30 Technology and Interpreters
45:30 Politically Correct Language and the word Disability
48:18 Audience Questions

Aug 22, 2024 • 14min
Natasha Iqbal Arrested - Karsaz Accident - Elites ka Pakistan hay? #TPE
Woman runs over killing 2 people in Karsaz Karachi.
The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
To support the channel:
Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912
Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
And Please stay in touch:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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.
Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh
Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/
Twitter.com/shehzad89
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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Aug 20, 2024 • 1h 36min
Arshad Nadeem, WWE, Bachpan ki Stories and Fav National Songs - Tamkenat Mansoor - #TPE 381
Tamkenat Mansoor is a Content Creator, Actor and Comedian.
Tamkenat comes back on The Pakistan Experience for a fun filled episode of The Pakistan Experience where we celebrate Arshad Nadeem, Exchange Bachpan kee stories, discuss WWE, our Favourite National Songs, Woke Culture and more.
The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
To support the channel:
Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912
Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
And Please stay in touch:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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.
Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh
Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/
Twitter.com/shehzad89
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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Chapters:
0:00 Bheegay Yaadain, Introduction and Tiktoker
6:00 Labels and Insults
8:45 Arshad Nadeem and Sir Aap ka Vision Hay
11:04 Not nurturing Talent in Pakistan and Trolling Stars
18:56 Patriotism and making a movie on Arshad Nadeem
20:44 Bachpan kee stories and Injuries and Bachodiyan
35:00 Sneaking out, LUMS kee stories and Visiting India
43:00 Causing Offence and Woke Culture
47:00 Shallowness of Liberalism and American Politics
54:00 Responding to everyone and making videos on every topic
1:05:23 What we go through as Content Creators and TLP
1:14:00 Pakistani Milli Naghmay
1:25:03 Indian National Songs
1:28:43 Rang De Basanti, Wasseypur and Indian Movies and Songs

Aug 18, 2024 • 27min
How to Fix Pakistan - What I have learnt from 400 podcasts - Shehzad Ghias - #TPE
How to Fix Pakistan - What I have learnt from 400 podcasts - Shehzad Ghias - #tpe
The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
To support the channel:
Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912
Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
And Please stay in touch:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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.
Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh
Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/
Twitter.com/shehzad89
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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Aug 13, 2024 • 1h 57min
Forced Conversions and Minority Rights March - Pastor GHazala and Bhevish Kumar - #TPE 379
Pastor Ghazala Shafique and Bhevish Kumar come on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Blasphemy Law, Forced Conversions, Hate against Hindus, Girls being picked up, Jarawala, The Constitution and the Minority Rights March.
Bhevish Kumar is a minority rights activist & and founding member of Pakistan’s first-ever Minority Rights March.
Pastor Ghazala Shafique is a registered pastor, human rights activist, and one of the organisers for both Aurat March and Minority Rights March. She is also the founder for the first Church of Eunuchs in Pakistan and also works to fight against forced conversions and underage marriages.
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
To support the channel:
Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912
Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience
And Please stay in touch:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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.
Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh
Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/
Twitter.com/shehzad89
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 First Demand of the Minority Rights March and Misuse of the Blasphemy Law
17:30 Hate against Hindus in Pakistan
31:00 Karachi, Religious Minorities and Minority Spaces in Pakistan
38:40 The word Hindu and Religious Conversions in Pakistan
42:20 Girls being picked abducted in Pakistan and the Priya Kumari case
1:07:20 Fight for Identity, Constitution and Minority Rights March
1:21:00 Babbar Sattar's Judgment and CII
1:23:30 Jarawala
1:44:00 Audience Questions