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

Kullu bhai comes on The Pakistan Experience for a wholesome and insanely fun episode discussing Bhopal, Bollywood, The Indian Stand-Up Comedy Culture, Meeting Sanjay Dutt, Working with Zakir Khan, The Process of making Reacts videos with Tanmay Bhatt, and his favourite Pakistani content.   Aaditya Kulshreshth aka Kullu. He is an Indian Stand-up Comedian, Writer and Actor. He is a regular on the wildly popular Tanmay Bhatt Reacts and is a writer on Amazon's Farzi Mushaira with Zakir Khan and Gopal Dutt.  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 Bhopal, Urdu and Sindhi 3:00 Bollywood, Fawad Khan and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil 9:00 Relationships mai Katna 11:00 Meeting Sanjay Dutt and the aura of Stars 16:00 The Love of Bollywood 23:00 Youtube content 33:00 Pakistani Comedy Content 40:30 Indian Stand up Comedy Culture 1:00:00 Pakistan's Stand up Comedy Culture 1:08:00 Cancelling Comedians 1:09:30 Anubhav Singh Bassi 1:12:30 Leaving Bhopal 1:18:00 Zakir Khan and Farzi Mushaira 1:23:00 Tanmay Bhatt and Tanmay Reacts 1:26:30 Tathastu and Zakir Khan's Storyteller 1:33:30 Audience Questions

A special cross-over episode with Kushal Mehra's The Cārvāka Podcast where we discuss Cricket, Pakistan and India.  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

On this month's episode of TPE Live, we celebrate Valentines Day and Shahrukh Khan  As always we are joined by Mariam Shafqat Goraya and Sajeer Shaikh, and audience members join us for this session.  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  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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Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman comes on TPE for a fiery episode of the podcast where we discuss Karachi, local body elections, PTI, Aurat March, JI's history, dictatorships, the role of a mayor and JI's vision for Karachi.  What is JI's vision for Pakistan?  Will Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman be able to deliver for Karachi?  Will we see restrictions on Karachi's culture?   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  Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman is the Ameer of JI Karachi, the President of Al-Khidmat in Karachi and JI's candidate for mayor for Karachi.    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 New mayor, election recounts 13:49 Coalition governments, culture, Aurat March 30:38 Infrastructural work and cantonments 40:26 JI history, dictatorships, Zia and Musharraf, martial law 59:38 Tanker mafia, infrastructural tax and reforms 1:07:50 QnA ( national politics, extremist parties) 1:20:41 QnA (JI identity, religious policing) 1:37:10 QnA ( Trans rights, religious legality) 1:42:13 QnA (Provincial identity, quota system)

What is the legacy of General Pervez Musharraf?  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

Faisal Rafi is a veteran Music Producer, Faisal comes on The Pakistan Experience to talk about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, How Rahat Fateh Ali Khan got into Bollywood, Qawali culture, Recording Labels, The Music Industry, Spotify, Concerts and the future of Music 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  Faisal Rafi is a veteran Producer for Music, TV and Film in Pakistan. In his 20 years as a Producer he has worked with top music, film and TV talent in the country and his list of clients stretches from Pakistan into India, England and the USA. Faisal has been producing music and has created some of the most memorable pieces of music history in Pakistan. Faisal has worked with top names in the music locally and internationally including Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Strings, Atif Aslam, Rohail Hyatt, Kaavish, Strings, Raeth, Ayesha Omar, Karavan, Arieb Azhar, Mauj, Zoe Viccaji, Badnaam, Kashmir amongst others and has garnered several awards and nominations including “Lux Style Award” for Best Music Producer. Faisal has worked extensively in film music in Bollywood with names like Pooja Bhatt, Mohit Suri, Saregama and Sony Music. Faisal Rafi produced the ground breaking Music of the Indus project. Faisal was Recording Engineer and consultant for the Indus Raag Project by Tehzeeb foundation which was Pakistan's only official entry to date in the Grammy's.  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 Rahat and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan  15:46 Hamza Akram, Sabri brothers, and recording for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 25:32 Qawwali party, inclusivity in music  34:41 Ethnic differences, the quota system 49:07 Internet and music, artist empowerment  1:02:30 Vinyl demand, ticket profits, problems with live shows 1:16:08 Clubs and venues, getting into music  1:27:37 TikTok and artists, music rights, Lyari gang war 1:40:54 QnA

Ahsan Iqbal comes on The Pakistan Experience for a deep dive podcast ranging from Maryam Nawaz's role in the party, to PML-N's communication strategy, from Economic Policies, to judging the current PDM Government, from Student Unions to Dynastic Politics; Ahsan Iqbal discusses politics, economics, and polarization with us.  Are Shahid Khaqqan Abbasi and Miftah Ismail leaving PML-N?  What is PML-N's strategy to win the 2023 Elections?  What are the reasons for PTI's popularity?  What Economic policies will save Pakistan?  Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience.  Ahsan Iqbal, the current Federal Minister for Planning and Development and the General Secretary of PML-N.   He was a member of the National Assembly 1993 to 1999 and 2008 to 2018, and has also served as the Interior Minister.    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 Shahid Khaqqan Abbasi, Maryam NAwaz and Dynastic Politics in PML-N 13:51 Student Unions and the Economy 27:57 PML N media strategy, political values, PDM and the establishment 39:13 Political instability and elections,  48:49 Reasons for PTI popularity, PMLN accomplishments 58:55 Economic policies, budgets, exports, resources, shifting focus to agriculture   1:11:32 Audience Questions

We list 10 things Pakistan Studies gets wrong about the History of Pakistan.   In 'The Murder of History', K.K. Aziz makes an exhaustive list of everything wrong in Pakistan studies, in this video we talk about ten of those things, and how they have changed how we look at Pakistan History.  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

Syed Haider Azhar is a Sports journalist and the current Chief Operating Officer, as well as Team Manager, of Multan Sultans. He is also the host of the show "Sports Lounge".  Haider comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss his feud with Dr. Nauman Niaz, to question the veracity of the Qayyum report against Wasim Akram, Andy Flower, Multan Sultans, hosting Kick Off, watching Maradona and how people can break into the world of cricket data analysis.  How did Syed Haider Azhar get his first break?  How was meeting Wasim Akram for the first time?  How data is used in Match-ups?  Why did Khushdil Shah fail in the World Cup?  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 PTV and Dr Nauman Niaz 18:18 Wasim Akram and the Qayyum report 30:33 Andy Flower and Multan Sultans playstyle 42:31 Assessing pitch, analytics, experience, data, and players 58:30 Khushdil Shah, international stage, managing selections and players 1:18:30 Maradona, covering football, Asports 1:32:58 Sports analysis opportunities, digital avenues 1:41:08 Audience Questions

Some people on Apple Podcasts had issues playing this episode so we are reuploading it. Nabil Gabol, former MNA and Federal Minister, comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Lyari Gang War, PPP, working with Altaf Hussain, Uzair Baloch, Sindh Police and why he sees Bilawal Bhutto as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan.  Is Nabil Gabol a Gangster?  Is Lyari Safe now?  Who killed Benazir Bhutto?  Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience.  Nabil Gabol  is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2015 and a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. He served as Minister of State for Ports and Shipping from 2008 to 2011 and as Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly from 1993 to 1996. Additionally, he’s the incumbent Chief Sardar (Nawab) of the Gabol, baloch tribe.  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 Is Nabil Gabol a Gangster? 3:00 Is Lyari Safe now? 4:45 Violence and the Lyari Gang War 13:30 Uzair Baloch 17:30 Extra Judicial Killings and the Legal System 21:30 Sindh Police 25:00 Imran Khan and Joining PTI 32:30 Bilawal Bhutto losing and elections in Lyari 36:30 Audio fake hai? 38:30 Agla Prime Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari 44:30 Condition of Lyari and Sindh 52:00 Perception and Performance of PPP in Karachi 58:00 Family History of Nabil Gabol 59:50 Joining MQM and leaving PPP 1:05:00 Discussing MQM 1:09:30 How the Establishment gets Politicians 1:11:20 How will Bilawal become PM? 1:13:30 Horse Trading 1:15:30 Zardari 1:17:50 Who Killed Benazir Bhutto? 1:20:30 Audience Questions

Taimur Jhagra has attacked me, and my objectivity, on Twitter. Here is my challenge to him.  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

Awarded 2nd place in the Funniest Person In The World Competition, Saad Haroon is a world renowned Comedian, Writer and Performer who also created Pakistan’s first improvisational comedy troupe ‘BlackFish’   Saad Haroon comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Stand up Comedy in Pakistan, Hosting the Breakfast Show on City FM 89, Satire, the dangers of doing comedy in Pakistan, AAJ TV, and the comedy culture.  Don't miss this hilarious episode of The Pakistan Experience  He has written five solo shows and performed in prestigious venues all over the world including the Southbank Centre in London and the world famous Laugh Factory in Hollywood. He created, hosted and was head-writer for ‘The Real News’ Pakistan’s first English language comedy show on television.  His work has been featured in publications and news media over the world including The Huffington Post, NPR, The Guardian, BBC, AlJazeera, The Telegraph, The Young Turks, and many more.   He was also the popular morning show host on CityFM 89 for three years and just completed a new stand up comedy tour of 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 Dangers of comedy: detachment, politics, regrets  12:55 The process, the art, and the rewrite 25:52 Dark comedy, social media, COVID  40:41 Sami Shah and Blackfish 54:47 Starting stand up, comedy culture and genres 1:19:58 The Chaudhry brothers and The Real News 1:33:32 The Breakfast show and post show vibes 1:46:58 Audience Questions