The Pakistan Experience

The Pakistan Experience
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Nov 29, 2023 • 1h 44min

Solutions to Pakistan's Problems and Social Media Propaganda and Trolling - Adeel Afzal - #TPE 313

Adeel Afzal comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Social Media Narratives on Palestine, Social Media Trolling, Media Propaganda, Salaam Arti, Drone Attacks, Afghan Refugees, Local Governments, Nawaz Sharif's return, GPO, Brainwashing and the Solutions to Pakistan's problems. Adeel Afzal is an actor, content creator and writer. 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 1:30 People forcing you to have an opinion on anything 4:00 Falasteen 11:00 Algorithm and Media Propaganda 10:45 Will Adeel Afzal apologize? 20:00 Salaam Arti, Cricket and India 30:00 Media Propaganda and Dehumanization 37:00 Drone Attacks, War Strategies and Brainwashing 44:00 Afghan Refugees 49:00 Local Governments, Political Parties and Provinces 1:05:00 GPO and the Government not providing services to people 1:20:00 The Solutions we want 1:24:30 Audience Questions
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Nov 27, 2023 • 19min

Israel's Endgame for Gaza - Lies, Myths and Propaganda by the Media - Part 3

A new series that looks to destroy the myths around Israel and Palestine, and respond to popular talking points on the media. The third part of the series looks at Israel's endgame for Gaza. Playlist with all the parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcV24IjGvaI&list=PLlQZ9NZnjq5rLRgO6g6t83p2DMinxr-4b 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 and October 7th 2:16 Israel's Plan for Gaza 4:20 Myth 21: Palestinians are Human Animals 11:20 The Media's framing of the War 16:00 Political Solutions and Netanyahu
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Nov 25, 2023 • 2h 4min

Keeping the Dollar Artificially low is Wrong - Dr. Ali Hasanain - Economist - #TPE 312

Dr. Ali Hasanain, an economist, discusses the negative impact of keeping the Dollar artificially low in Pakistan. They delve into topics like fixing the exchange rate, deficits, imports, exports, trade with India, CPEC, the tax code, and more.
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Nov 23, 2023 • 1h 9min

Why the Arabs lost the wars against Israel - Hasnain Haider - Dekho Suno Jano - #TPE 311

Hasnain Haider, a researcher at Dekho Suno Jano, discusses the history of the Arab-Israel wars and wars between Pakistan and India. Topics include Israel's plan for Gaza, the 1967 and 1971 wars, Pakistan Army's operation in Swat, and the Kashmir conflict.
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Nov 22, 2023 • 1h 45min

Travelling through Pakistan; from Karachi to K2 - Salman Rashid on Pakistan's Identity - #TPE 310

Salman Rashid is a Travel writer and a Fellow of Royal Geographical Society. Salman Rashid comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Arabization of Pakistan, Pakistan's Identity Crisis, Ranjit Singh, Pakistan before Zia-ul-Haq, Mustansar Hussain Tarrar, Balochistan, Karachi, K2 and Lahore after Partition. 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 Arabization of Names 9:30 Pakistan’s Identity Crisis and the role of British Colonialism 17:30 Ranjit Singh and old Empires in India 25:30 India and the history of hatred in Pakistan 32:44 Pre Zia Pakistan and Bengal 40:00 Quaid-e-Azam and Liaquat Ali Khan 45:00 Mustansar Hussain Tarrar should not be a travel writer 49:30 British mapping and writing 54:00 Love for Travel Writing and Ranikot 1:05:00 Hillpark and Karachi 1:10:00 Religiosity and fake piety during Zia-ul-Haq’s era 1:15:00 Urdu, Persian, Languages and Dialects 1:19:00 Things to see in Balochistan 1:23:30 King Porus, Alexander the Great and Mandi Bahauddin 1:28:40 Hindu contribution to Lahore and Partition 1:38:00 Audience Questions
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Nov 20, 2023 • 33min

What happened on October 7th? - Exposing the Lies and Myths around Israel and Palestine - Part 2

A new series that looks to destroy the myths around Israel and Palestine, and respond to popular talking points on the media. The second part of the series looks at what really happened on October 7th. 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 and the Propaganda around the Al Shifa Hospital 3:44 Myth 11: Israel tries to minimize civilian casualties 5:43 Myth 12: Israel does not target hospitals 8:30 Myth 13: Israel does not target Journalists 10:24 Myth 14: Israel tells people to evacuate 13:18 Myth 15: This is being done to eliminate Hamas 17:51 Myth 17: This is not a Genocide 23:54 We should ask to Release All Hostages 24:58 What did Hamas expect? 27:42 What really happened on October 7th?
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Nov 17, 2023 • 1h 55min

Pakistan's Legal and Constitutional Crisis - Salman Akram Raja - Imran Khan's Lawyer - #TPE 309

Salman Akram Raja is one of the top lawyers of Pakistan, currently he is Imran Khan's Lawyer and in the past he has represented Nawaz Sharif too. Salman Akram Raja comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Judiciary, the Lawyers Movement, the cases against Imran Khan, the Panama Case, NAB, Article 63-A, the Constitution, Supreme Court Rules, Elevation of Judges and Pakistan's legal crisis. 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 1:30 Being Nawaz Sharif’s Lawyer and Pakistan’s Judicial Crisis 6:30 Truth and Accountability of the Judiciary 10:51 Iftikhar Chaudhry and the Lawyers Movement 17:00 Removing Yousouf Raza Gillani and Nawaz Sharif 22:00 Pressure on Judges and Judiciary 25:30 NAB 30:00 Interpretation of 63-A and the role of the Judiciary 42:00 Dissolution of the Assembly and 58 2(B) 52:30 The Legality and the Principle of Military Courts 58:30 Objectives Resolution and Understanding the Constitution 1:04:00 Basic Structure of the Constitution and how the Indian Supreme Court decided 1:11:30 Supreme Court Rules Act and the Order against it 1:21:00 Elevation to the Supreme Court 1:30:30 Supreme Judicial Council 1:31:50 Lawyers arguing and speaking on cases you are personally involved in 1:40:45 Audience Questions and Imran Khan’s cases
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Nov 15, 2023 • 1h 8min

Demands of the Sindh Moorat March 2023- Shehzadi Rai - Trans Activist -TPE Live 016

Shehzadi Rai, a Trans Human Rights Activist, comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the demands of the Sindh Moorat March 2023 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
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Nov 14, 2023 • 34min

The Media is lying to you Hamas, Israel and Palestine - Destroying Myths - Part 1

A new series that looks to destroy the myths around Israel and Palestine, and respond to popular talking points on the media. The first part of the series looks at 10 myths around Hamas, and everything that media is getting wrong about the issue. 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 Pinned by The Pakistan Experience @ThePakistanExperience 38 seconds ago Sources (Agree to Disagree with us, you have to acknowledge we put in a lot of effort into our videos, and we make sure we are honest about our work, and our sources, I don't know any other channel you puts us this much work in being this transparent about their sources and puts them out like this) Books: 1.Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi 2. Method and Madness: The Hidden Story of Israel's Assaults on Gaza by Norm Finkelstein 3. Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo by Seth Anziska 4. Hamas: Political Thought and Practice by Hroub, Khaled Documentaries: 1. Born in Gaza (2014) 2. Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019) Papers: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00335630500157516 Reports: 1. Amnesty International - Operation Cast Led https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mde150212009eng.pdf 2. Amnesty International - Operation Protective Edge https://amnesty.org.uk/gaza-operation-protective-edge 3. Human Rights Watch on Israel's Apartheid: https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution 4. Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apartheid/ 5. Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mde150212009eng.pdf 6. Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/mde151432002en.pdf (Articles and Videos Sourced in the Pinned Comment on Youtube) Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:14 Myth 1: Israel-Palestine is Complicated 3:54 Myth 2: Hamas started the war on October 7th 12:00 Talking Point: Do you condemn Hamas? 16:18 Israel’s Playbook 17:45 Myth 4: This is about Hamas 20:41 What even is Hamas? 23:54 Myth 6: Hamas is ISIS 25:05 Myth 7: Hamas cannot be Trusted 27:15 The Hamas Charter 29:30 Myth 9: The people of Gaza are responsible for Hamas 31:00 Myth 10: Human Shields
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Nov 8, 2023 • 2h 1min

The Left's Position on Palestine - Decolonization and Resistance - Ammar Ali Jan - #TPE 307

Does the Left Condemn Hamas? Was the Palestine cause Secular? How many people did the British kill in India during Colonialism? Ammar Ali Jan comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Decolonization, British Exploitation of India, Pakistan, Palestine, Colonialism, Hamas, Collective Punishment, and the difference between the Left and Liberals, for a must watch episode of the podcast. On this deep dive podcast we unpack Imperialism and violence, from testing Tear Gas on Indians to the Siege of Gaza, from Jalianwala Bagh to Israel bombing Palestine, we discuss systematic and structure violence and notions of Identity, Culture and Ressistance. Ammar Ali Jan is a Historian, Academic, Activist and President of the Haqooq-e-Khalq party holding a PhD from Cambridge University. 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 2:00 Far Right using the religious narrative for Palestine 5:45 Imperialism and Colonization 9:00 Palestine: Resistance and Decolonization from India to South America 17:00 PLO, PLFP and History of the Palestine Struggle 31:30 Ideas of Violence on the Left 34:00 Colonial Exploitation of India 50:00 Liberalism and Colonial Style of Governance 57:00 Violence, Fascism and Imperialism 1:07:00 Imperial Violence and Revolution 1:17:00 Painting Resistance as Violence to Dehumanize people 1:21:00 Creating the Colonial World Order 1:33:00 Identity Crisis and the Colonial Inferiorirty Complex 1:35:00 The Palestinian Identity and Culture 1:40:00 What the Palestine cause means for the world 1:47:30 Protesting in Pakistan 1:52:30 Audience Questions

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