Mehdi Ali Kazmi, the father of Dua Zehra, comes on The Pakistan Experience to tell the harrowing tale of how his daughter was kidnapped and how he managed to get her back home safely. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join 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 Father of Dua Zehra and Parenting 5:30 Betiyan and Fatherhood 8:00 It started from PUBG 12:00 How did you find out Dua has been kidnapped? 14:30 How Dua Zehra was kidnapped 20:26 Sectarian Element 21:30 Performance of the Police 24:00 Role of the Media and Social Media 25:30 Age of Dua Zehra and Child Marriages 34:50 Interviews of Dua Zehra on TV and Youtube "Journalism" 45:00 What happened after the first court Judgment and going to Jibran Nasir 49:40 What made you not give up 54:00 The Legal Case and Custody of Dua Zehra 1:15:00 Interim Custody, Meeting Dua Zehra and the Custody Battle 1:22;00 Mental Health of Dua 1:30:44 Audience Questions

Breaking down the Imane Khelif Controversy at the Olympics. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join 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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Co-Founder and Director of Mano Animation Studios, Usman Riaz, comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the journey of making Pakistan's first Hand Drawn 2D Animation Film, The Glassworker. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join 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 How does it feel to release the movie? 5:30 What made Usman choose Animation over Music 11:30 Storytelling, Art and What it means to be an Artist? 17:00 How the Glassworker came to be and Studio Ghibli 23:13 Music, Film Score and Disney 28:11 Animation Styles and Storytelling 43:00 Storyboarding an animation Film 52:52 Exposition, the Urdu Language and Translation 1:03:00 The Wind Rises 1:05:0 Audience Questions

Reflecting on the past 5 years and the future of The Pakistan Experience - Shehzad Ghias #TPE Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join 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 How the podcast started 5:45 What is happening with The Pakistan Experience and the Impact 16:00 Who am I? My journey and TPE 28:00 Pakistan is a dangerous country and Problems of doing TPE 38:00 Why people believe in Conspiracy Theories and Mainstream News 44:00 Being open to other perspectives 47:30 Is TPE ending - What is the future of the podcast?

Syed Muhammad Kumail comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Funny Rumours about the Shia Community in Pakistan, Misnomers about Muharram, Matam and the Story of Karbala. Follow Kumail on  @BhinPhysic  https://youtube.com/@BhinPhysic?si=pf6WW83TbiyzhumS Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join 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 Funny rumours about the Shia Community 3:14 Rumours about Shaam-e-Ghareeban 6:17 Jokes about Kumail and SGS 12:30 Propaganda against Shias and Sunnis 19:15 Rumours about spitting in Niaz and Haleem 30:55 How people believe in random propaganda 33:00 There were no Shias at the time of Karbala 38:00 Matam, Karbala, Iran and Palestine 45:00 ZulJanah 49:44 Hazrat Abbas (AS)’s story and Alam 57:30 Protest and Non Violent Movements 1:04:58 Yazeed vs Hazrat Zainab (RA) 1:13:00 Misnomers about Shias 1:21:00 More funny rumours about Shias 1:28:30 Importance of Conversations and Comedy 1:45:00 DHA and Kumail’s Coconut Story 1:55:00 Bin Physics

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

Waqas Alam comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the recent flooding in Gwadar, the Structure of the Pakistani State and why Balochistan is ignored by mainstream media. In this episode we discuss the rains in Gwadar, flooding, the bureaucracy, the difference between the two Gwadars, Fishing Culture, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, the Sardari System and more. Waqas Alam Angaria is a baloch journalist associated with Geo News. He has covered 2022 floods extensively and Gwader flood 2024. He covers a variety of topics, including human rights, heritage, politics, and natural disasters. He had been active in student politics before becoming a journalist. He was a member of the National Students Federation and later became president of Progressive Students Federation Karachi. He tweets @waqasaalam 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 Flooding and Rain in Gwadar 13:00 Climate Change, Drought and Flooding 16:30 Government, Bureaucracy and Balochistan 27:00 Fishing Culture in Balochistan and Respect for Nature 34:00 Climate Mitigation 45:50 Media ignored floods in Gwadar 58:30 Sardari system in Balochistan and State Structure 1:20:00 Academic work in Pakistan 1:26:30 Why does mainstream Pakistanis not care about the peripheries 1:29:00 Audience Questions

Arsalan Khan is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Arsalan Khan comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss his book on the Tablighi Jamaat of PAkistan, "The Promise of Piety". On this week's episode we discuss Colonialism, Religion, The Tablighi Jamaat, Maulana Tariq Jameel, TLP, Taliban, Revivalist Movements and the importance of rituals. In The Promise of Piety, Arsalan Khan examines the zealous commitment to a distinct form of face-to-face preaching (dawat) among Pakistani Tablighis, practitioners of the transnational Islamic piety movement the Tablighi Jamaat. This group says that Muslims have abandoned their religious duties for worldly pursuits, creating a state of moral chaos apparent in the breakdown of relationships in the family, nation, and global Islamic community. Tablighis insist that this dire situation can only be remedied by drawing Muslims back to Islam through dawat, which they regard as the sacred means for spreading Islamic virtue. In a country founded in the name of Muslim identity and where Islam is ubiquitous in public life, the Tablighi claim that Pakistani Muslims have abandoned Islam is particularly striking. The Promise of Piety shows how Tablighis constitute a distinct form of pious relationality in the ritual processes and everyday practices of dawat and how pious relationality serves as a basis for transforming domestic and public life. Khan explores both the promise and limits of the Tablighi project of creating an Islamic moral order that can transcend the political fragmentation and violence of life in postcolonial 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 Use of Blasphemy Law in Pakistan 4:51 Colonialism, Religion and 'Evolution of Thought' 13:00 Tablighi Jamaat; Sense of Order, Ethics and Masculinity 21:30 Maulana Tariq Jameel and Hierarchies 26:00 Bidat, Islamic Reform Movement and Revivalist Movements 42:00 Is Hindutva a Revuvakust movement 43:55 Otherization and Inviting people 48:00 Ritual. Dawat and Personal Relationships 54:00 Raiwand, Building Connections and Ego 1:02:00 Deobandi School of Thought, TTP and TLP 1:14:30 Religious Populism, PTI and Imran Khan 1:25:45 Audience Questions

Ismat Raza Shahjehan is the the Deputy General-Secretary of the Awami Workers Party, President of the Women’s Democratic Front and a leading member of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement. Ismat comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Mahrang Baloch's protest in Islamabad, PTM, the Politics of Resistance, The Left, Revolution and the State's Monopoly over violence. 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 State atrocities on the Baloch March 9:30 Why peripheries are not allowed to protest in Islamabad 17:30 Parliamentary Politics vs Resistance Politics 21:30 Revolution, System Change and Violence 32:30 Philosophy of Non-violence and the State's Monopoly over Violence 40:25 Militarization of Pushtoon Culture and Zia-ul-Haq 53:30 Why Urban Pakistan does not care about the Peripheries 1:00:00 KhyberPukhtoonkhwa. PTI and Pakistan's Political System 1:08:00 Left Politics, Progressive Causes and Identity Politics 1:18:30 Audience Questions

Muhammad Hassan Ilyas, Director of Research at Ghamidi Center, USA, comes on The Pakistan Experience, to discuss the wrong notions of Islam made popular by Youtubers in Pakistan. On this episode, we discuss, how to understand Islam, Multiplicity of Opinions in the Islamic tradition, TLP, The role of the Establishment, Shariah, Women in Islam, Slavery and more. Muhammad Hassan Ilyas is a young passionate theologian, researcher and expert in ancient Arabic language and literature, greatly inspired by the famous Islamic scholar Javed Ahmed Ghamidi. He is a close associate and son in law of Javed Ahmed Ghamidi and is part of his ground breaking research project on the historical record of the sayings of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (P.B.U.H), with an aim to rid the prevailing Islamic ideology of common misconceptions in order to counter religious extremism. He is a young, passionate researcher and educationist. Director of Research at Ghamidi Center USA. He has been actively engaged in initiatives for educational reform since his formative years with Organisation for Research and Education (2009-2012). Later, in his early adulthood he went on to deliver special lectures on ancient Arabic language and literature to PhD and Master students of International Islamic University, Islamabad (2011-2012). He was the research head of the research department of Al-Mawrid, an Institute for Islamic Research and Education. More than a dozen PhD and Masters students working on theology have worked under his guidance during their dissertation. He was also a pioneer teacher and curriculum developer for Al-Mawrid’s education program for children and adolescents in the United States. He completed his bachelors at Medina International Islamic University, Malaysia, and is currently enrolled in University Technology Mara, Shah Alam in Masters of Research working on his groundbreaking project on Oaths as a literary device in the Qur’an. Alongside, he is working as a personal research and literary assistant of Javed Ahmed Ghamidi representing his works in academic circles and engaging in public meets to propagate and educate the public on his views. He is invited all over the world for lectures on theology, jurisprudence and his expertise on Ghamidi school of thought. He has been making television appearances in programs on social and legal implications of the prevailing Islamic thought in Islam. His works are frequently cited in academic papers and has been interviewed by many PhD scholars for his expertise in theology and particularly in Ghamidi school of thought. At this young age he has achieved many accolades including a gold medal at an international academic conference for his model research work on Oaths as a literary device in the Qur’an, and several awards for his academic articles and public speaking achievements from Medina International University, Malaysia. In future, he plans to further his research work on theology, and ancient Arabic language and literature, he plans to set up an institute for reform in religious education and advanced learning in Ghamidi school of thought. He further wants to design ventures for massive outreach of Ghamidi school of thought to masses with an aim for reconstruction of religious thought of the common Muslims. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:30 How to understand Islam 6:19 Multiplicity of opinions in Islam and Translation differences 19:00 Understanding Islam in context and use of Islam in Pakistan in politics 23:00 TLP and the Establishment using religion for violence 29:40 Javed Ghamdi on Pervez Musharaf and Zia-ul-Haq 36:00 Are laws in Pakistan Islamic? 47:00 Can Shariah Law be applied in Pakistan? 49:44 Women in Islam 52:34 Do men have 'Fazeelat' over women? 59:14 Concubines and Slavery 1:04:00 Domestic Violence 1:07:20 on Hazrat Aisha (RA)'s age 1:11:25 Conclusion