The Pakistan Experience

Shahzadi Rai is an Aurat March organizer and a Trans Rights Activist. Shahzadi comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the reality of the Trans Community in Pakistan away from the hate campaigns and propaganda that we see wherever else. On this deep dive podcast, we discuss Discrimination and Violence against the Khuwaja Sira Community, the Trans Bill, Elite Politics, Aurat March, Activism, HIV and the life story of Shahzadi Rai.  Shahzadi Rai is a Karachi based trans rights activist , HIV activist , Motivational speaker She has actively been working for over a decade for transgender, vulnerable groups including women , Sex workers and for transgender sex workers.  She also designed a community led gender based violence response and managed to get an organization registered called PECHRA, and continuing working to end violence and discrimination against Trans people.  She has doneNeuro-linguistic programming certified therapist. and in 2019 she appointed as a violence case manager and field supervisor at the organization GIA (Gender Interactive Alliance).  Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:01 Representation and Discrimination against the Khuwaja Sira Community 09:25 Dehumanization of the Khuwaja Sira Community 20:26 Spread of HIV  35:17 Media campaigns against the Khuwaja Sira Community  42:10 Gov’s Responsibility and Facing Abuse 50:03 The Trans Bill and Elite Politics 1:05:08 Jobs, Activism and the State 1:19:40 Social Media, Disinformation and Spreading hate 1:30:55 The Life Story of Shehzad Rai

Uzair Younus comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Pakistani Economy, his recent trip across India, Ishaq Dar's Disasters, Rising Inflation, the Digitization of India, MIftah Ismail, Politics and Elite Capture.  Uzair Younus is the director of the Pakistan Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center.  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 Intro 01:36 Rising inflation and Daronomics, Fake news 11:08 Import ban & Black Markets, Energy Management and Shortages 21:17 What if Uzair was in Dar’s position 29:03 Was Miftah on the right track, dynastic politics and busting the “relief” myth 39:44 What now? is immigration the only way out? 48:03 Possible reform, taxation, food, and misprioritization 55:59 Uzair’s India trip, fintech revolutions, Shehzad’s going rate 1:06:39 Digitized & developed India, accessibility for women and comparisons to Pakistan 1:28:55 Audience Questions

All news channels are discussing when Imran Khan is arrested but they are not sitting down to discuss whether Imran Khan should be arrested and what the cases against him really are. Here is a breakdown of whether Imran Khan should be arrested in principle, and a breakdown of the Toshakhana Reference,  the Tyrian White reference and the Foreign Funding Case, particularly the ECP order in Akbar S. Babar vs PTI that nobody really talks about:  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

The episode was not playing for some people on Apple Podcasts. Farooq Sattar is the former mayor of Karachi and the leader of MQM Pakistan. He been a member of the provincial and federal cabinet, in various positions, since 1997.  Farooq Sattar comes on The Pakistan Experience for a detailed discussion on Karachi, Mohajir Politics, the Quota System, Reunification of MQM, Altaf Hussain, the 18th Amendment and the Rangers Operations.   Did MQM have links with RAW?  Did the Establishment reunify MQM?  Kya Karachi Pakistan ko paal raha hay?  Find out this and more on this week's 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:

PTI blames PDM for inflation, PDM blames PTI,  Both blame the Establishment but who is really responsible for Inflation and Economic Collapse 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

The organizers of Aurat March Karachi come on to discuss the demands for their march.   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

Farooq Sattar is the former mayor of Karachi and the leader of MQM Pakistan. He been a member of the provincial and federal cabinet, in various positions, since 1997.  Farooq Sattar comes on The Pakistan Experience for a detailed discussion on Karachi, Mohajir Politics, the Quota System, Reunification of MQM, Altaf Hussain, the 18th Amendment and the Rangers Operations.   Did MQM have links with RAW?  Did the Establishment reunify MQM?  Kya Karachi Pakistan ko paal raha hay?  Find out this and more on this week's 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:

Fawad Hasan Fawad is a Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Principal Secretary to two Prime Ministers, Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.  In July 2018 Fawad Hasan Fawad was arrested by NAB on charges of corruption. Last Thursday Fawad was acquitted by the Accountability Court.  Fawad Hasan Fawad comes on The Pakistan Experience for a deep dive discussion on his case, NAB, Accountability in Pakistan, The Judiciary-Establishment Nexus, Civil Bureaucracy and Elite Privileges.  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 Accountability, NAB, bureaucracy 12:58 NAB and judicial corruption, equal justice  22:11 Mr Fawads case and selective justice  34:51 Aashiyana case and Mr Fawads brother 52:41 Mr Fawads family wealth, elitist justice 1:04:29 Inaccessibility of wealth, bureaucratic corruption 1:13:27 Audience questions

Ali Haider Zaidi is thePresident of PTI Sindh and the former Federal Minister of Maritime Affairs.  Ali Zaidi comes on a fiery episode of The Pakistan Experience to discuss KPT, the attack on the DC office, the Karachi Elections, the Cypher, Anti-American and Anti-Establishment Politics, the Karachi Elections, the future of PTI, Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi, Jail Bharo and General Bajwa.  Has PTI lost Karachi?  Why is Imran Khan not going to jail himself?  Is this the end of PTI's Anti-Americanism?  Find out this and more on this week's 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 Introduction 0:44 The ideals of PTI, President Pervez Elahi, and the attack on the DC office 13:10 #JailBharo, NAB, LNG Case 21:15 PTI’s economic promises, Ali Zaidi’s Maritime Affairs & clarity on allegations  33:52 Money in politics, Zaidi’s bankruptcy and recovery, Broadsheet 40:14 Malik Riaz, Arif Naqvi and IK and PTI’s alleged corruption 50:54 Zaidi’s nickname & bowling out Viv Richards 53:38 End of PTI’s anti-US narrative, the cypher, Gen Bajwa and regime change conspiracy 1:00:14 PTI’s relationship with the establishment, missing persons, the loss in Karachi  1:18:50 Audience Questions

Dr. Rosita Armytage is the author of Big Capital in an Unequal World: The Micropolitics of Wealth in Pakistan.   Dr. Rosita Armytage comes on the podcast to show the elite in Pakistan functions, from gifts to favours, form legalizing their businesses to Government subsidies, Dr. Rosita shows how the elite nexus in Pakistan is a private circle that restricts access to the masses and continues to grow rich as the masses suffer.   Dr Rosita Armytage is an anthropologist and the lead qualitative researcher on the 'Islands of Integrity' project. She is a Research Fellow at Durham University. Her research interests are elite networking and alliances, class and capitalism, and the informal structures that entrench inequality.   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 Elite, increased access, political hypocrisy 12:44 Defining the elite and their practices 25:53 Underpaid taxes, elite networks 34:22 Joining the elite, network safeguards 42:30 History of the elite class, divisions, shifts in power  53:31 Elite and the military, exotic animals, detaching yourself 1:02:23 Elite self identity, unique Pakistani elite 1:11:09 Audience Questions