The Pakistan Experience

Writer, Actor and Content Creator Adeel Afzal comes back on the podcast to discuss Pakistan's Identity Crisis and the Pakistani Film Industry. 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join Chapters: 0:00 Pakistan's Identity Crisis and History 6:30 Idea of Pakistan 12:18 Pakistani Films 26:00 Hindus in Pakistan and Inclusivity in Lahore 29:50 War of Independence 34:50 Kashmir 41:10 Conclusion

Writer, Actor and Content Creator Adeel Afzal comes back on the podcast to discuss the News Media, Controversies, State Policies, Sensationalism, the Business model of News Agencies, Print Journalism, Judiciary, Charlatans and the KP ka voter. On this week's episode, we discuss Aftab Iqbal's Mentality, Industry kay Babay, Amanullah's Talent, Bulleh Shah, Political Appointments, Poetry, Teaching Children Civic Sense, Religious Youtubers, Ramazan Shows and a lot 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:20 Controversies and State Policies 7:20 How Media Houses Work - Lack of an Industry 11:47 Controversies, Masala and News Sensationalism 17:00 News Channels and their Business Models 22:00 Making money in Newspapers 30:00 Judiciary 37:00 Attack videos on us 40:00 Channels and Journalists involved in State Agenda 53:33 Charlatans using dreams to justify their agenda 57:00 Journalists vs Youtubers 1:00:00 How Print Journalism twists words 1:09::00 9th May 1:16:32 KP ka Voter

Two months back Syed Muzammil Hasan Zaidi made an attack video against us, here is us responding to it. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:a 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join Chapters: 0:00 Muzamil Hasan Zaidi's Attack Video 3:00 How Muzamil Zaidi came on TPE 5:45 Muzamil Zaidi, PTI and Attacking Shehzad Ghias 11:21 How the entire Elite/Middle Class Nonsense start 16:25 Attacking Irfan Junejo 18:24 Ethos of Dialogue and Respecting Audiences 21:00 Muzamil Zaidi working for ISI 31:41 Does Shehzad support PPP 39:00 Addressing The Elite and Middle Class Controversy 46:25 Conclusion

Pakistan Lost is a series of audio essays on history exploring the choices that were made that impacted millions of people for decades to come. The Sixth episode looks at the dismissal of the first Benazir Bhutto Government in 1990. Watch all the episodes of Pakistan Lost in Urdu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEh4HSt8V-E&list=PLlQZ9NZnjq5ppq4gpdZhlq28_OlgoBxYy 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 🔊 License: You’re free to use this song in your videos, but you must include the following credits in your video's description (Copy & Paste): 🔻 "Savfk - The Travelling Symphony" is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqhNwEtZVcw / savfkmusic Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/the-travelling-symphon... 🔺 ⭐ Easily copy and paste credit text from our website (perfect for mobile). Learn how to give credits correctly on other platforms: https://breakingcopyright.com/credits...

Javed Iqbal Syed is the Director Digital and Information at British American Tobacco. Javed Iqbal joined BAT as a MT in 1996 working at the factory in Jhelum and is now on the global Management Board of BAT. Javed Iqbal comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss how Pakistan can be the next Digital Destination of the world. On today's episode we discuss Javed Iqbal's journey from Jhelum to a Fortune 500 Company, BAT GBS, Changing the story of Pakistan, Shared Services, Pakistani I.T. Graduates, The Importance of Diversity and Pakistan's Economy. Connect with Javed Iqbal on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javed-iqbal-syed-1589b321/?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app 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 Life story of Javed Iqbal: From Jhelum to BAT 8:00 How can someone from Multan can go to the Board of BAT 13:30 How BAT is giving the next generation hope hope and dreams 17:00 Changing the story of Pakistan 21:45 What are Shared Services and bringing BAT to Pakistan 28:30 Can Pakistani graduates compete with the rest of the world? 34:30 Why is BAT looking at Pakistan and why a Tobacco company is looking at Technology 39:20 Inflow of Foreign Currency and Services Industry 43:30 Why should candidates apply to BAT GBS? 46:40 The importance of Diversity 53:00 Cultural Differences and Learning from Others 56:50 Government Support and Knowledge Exchange

PML-N Paid Campaign Leaked. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:a 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join Chapters: 0:00 PML-N Paid Campaign Leaked 2:25 Junaid Akram 7:15 PTI vs PML-N;Halal Campaigns vs Haram Campaigns 10:00 Government wasting public money on Marketing 16:50 Journalists taking money; Imran Riaz Khan and Moeed Pirzada 24:10 Syed Muzammil Zaidi 27:20 Independent Platforms, Bias and Praising Political Parties 34:30 Focusing on the real issues 41:00 Misogynistic Campaign being run by PTI

Exposing Sahil Adeem. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:a 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 and Anti Intellectualism in Pakistan 1:00 Khalil ur Rehman Qamar 2:00 Samaa TV and Sahil Adeem 3:20 Sahil calling people beta 5:15 Ad Hominem Attacks 9:00 Red Herring and Jahil Kaun 11:50 Appeal to Authority and use of Blasphemy 16:30 Sahil Adeem's silence on social issues in Pakistan 17:30 Strawman fallacy 19:55 Sahil Adeem, Landcruiser and Boycott Campaign 28:00 Why we should all Speak Up 31:30 Backlash after our podcast with Sahil Adeem and Hypocrisy 38:30 Exploiting Religious Sentiments in Pakistan and Cult Mentality 41:38 Sahil Adeem vs Imran Khan 45:00 Sahil Adeem's silence on dangerous topics 47:00 Conspiracy Theories, Creating Narratives and the past 6 months 50:30 Revisiting our podcast with Sahil Adeem 58:00 Janu German Fallacy and Labelling Opponents Kafir 1:08:58 Rhetoric, Language and Snake Oil Salesman 1:14:20 Sahil Adeem's Argument makes no sense Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

Uzair Younus comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Indian Elections, the Indian Economy, Modi, BJP and the Pakistani Economy. Will BJP win over 350 seats? Will India's Economy catch up to China? Can the Pakistani Economy be saved? On this deep dive podcast, we discuss Modi's Popularity, the Muslim vote, BJP and Congress's Manifestos, Civilian Supremacy, Kejriwal's arrest, the Wheat Crisis in Pakistan, Kashmir, and the Economic Roadmap for Pakistan. 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 2:20 Breaking Down the Indian Elections for Pakistanis 4:21 Modi's popularity and the Muslim Factor 14:00 Rahul Gandhi, Congress and Nepotism 19:43 Comparing BJP's Manifesto to Congress's Manifesto 23:00 Transforming India. Economy and Political Narratives 30:00 Imran Khan and Civilian Supremacy in India 36:00 Kejriwal's Arrest and Corporate India 42:30 India's Economy, Made in India and Catching up to China 1:00:00 Pakistan's Economy and our Automobile Industry 1:10:50 Pakistan's Wheat Crisis and the extended Caretaker Setup 1:14:50 Non political appointments, Economic Crisis and Censorship 1:30:55 Audience Questions 1:50:00 Economic Roadmap for Pakistan

Is Pakistan's Master Narrative Anti-India and Anti-Hindu? Episode 2 of Two Pakistans looks at Pakistan's Master Narrative, the Secular Liberal vs Islamist Debate in Pakistan, What Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam wanted, the treatment of religious minorities in Pakistan, the conflict between traditionalists and modernists in the Muslim League and how Pakistan has created a nation without history. Our new series, Two Pakistans, looks at the conflicts in Pakistan and uses Dr. Mohammad Waseem's book, "Political Conflict in Pakistan" to explain the fault lines in Pakistan. 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 1:20 Does Pakistan Studies teach Hindu Hate? 7:00 Creating a Nation without History and Pakistan's Master Narrative 9:00 How America pushed Pakistan into Jehadism 13:00 Creating a Hindu Demon for Pakistan's Master Narrative 21:00 Enforcement of Identities and the Language Issue 24:00 Why don't we tell Pakistan's History? 28:00 Three Categories of Pakistan's Master Narrative 35:00 Islamists vs Modernists

A year on from 9th May 2023, we look back at the past year, from PTI being relaunched in 2011 to the 2014 Dharna, the 2017 movement against democracy, the 2018 Elections, the Hybrid Regime and the ouster of Imran Khan, we look at how the Military Establishment made in roads in Pakistan and the space for free media, democracy and civilian supremacy shrunk in Pakistan. Was Imran Khan the spokesperson for the Military Establishment? Was PTI a project of the ISI? Was 9th May a False Flag Operation? Find out this and more on this episode of The Pakistan Experience 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 9th May one year on 1:00 Launch of PTI and the 22 year struggle of Imran Khan 8:45 Charter of Democracy and Relaunch of Imran Khan 16:20 2013 Elections, Hamid Mir and Restricting the space for Media 23:00 2014 Dharna and receding space for Democracy in Pakistan 27:00 The 2018 Elections and Movement against the Parliament 43:00 What was Imran Khan removed in 2022? 47:00 PTI's narrative of corruption and personal animosity 53:00 PTI and General Bajwa after April 2022 - Intra-Establishment Conflict 56:30 Cases against Imran Khan 1:00:50 9th May 1:16:00 Post Imran Khan World