The Pakistan Experience

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

Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar is a Pakistani politician who has been a former Member of the Senate of Pakistan, from March 2018 to 10 November 2022. He parted ways with PPP in December 2022.  Mustafa Nawaz Khokar comes on TPE to discuss why TTP is rising again, why he left PPP, Reimagining Pakistan, Strategic Depth, PDM's failings, The Establishment's mistakes and the crimes of the Khokar Family.  Should PDM have taken the Government?  Are PPP/PMLN running from Elections?  How to fix Pakistan for the long run?  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 Growing Taliban danger, policies and discussions 10:06 Flawed justice, Mustafa's family and history  21:08 Malik Riaz, tackling industries, people's trust  28:44 Political parties and injustices 37:47 Ayub Khan and EPDO, reimagining Pakistan 49:32 Economic downfall, shifting investments 56:06 Audience Questions

Mehreen Jabbar comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Media, Film and Drama Industry of Pakistan; from the good old days of PTV to the current film Industry, Mehreen Jabbar talks about her 30 years in the Pakistan Media Industry.  Mehreen Jabbar is a Pakistani film and television director known for works like Ramchand Pakistani, Harjai, Doraha, Dobara Phir Se, and Ek Jhooti Love Story.  Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXMrYmPtDW8 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 Education, early work, audiences, industry growth 11:49 Writing and adaptations, pre production and direction 22:07 TV industry, sound design  31:32 Talent, film bans, previous projects  46:21 Brooklyn, dialogue, comedy writing, characterisation 1:00:37 Exposition, screenwriting, Better Call Saul, comedy acting 1:08:20 Audience Questions