Azfar Ali a Karachi-based director and TV artist behind some of the most groundbreaking Pakistani TV productions of recent times, including TBH, Sab Set Hai, Dreamers and Daira. Azfar was also the Vice-President of ARY Muzik. Azfar Ali comes on The Pakistan Experience for a detailed discussion on everything wrong with our media industry, we discuss producing for TV, working with Angelina Jolie, Radio, PEMRA, being banned, The Mani-Azfar show, Bollywood, Indus Vision, Seinfeld, Karachi, The Youth...
Apr 06, 2023•2 hr 18 min
TPE's Book of the month was Hussain Haqqani's 'Between the Mosque and the Military' - in this video we discuss the first three chapters of the book. The third and last part of the series looks at the lost decade of the 90s. CORRECTION: Ghulam Ishaq Khan is Taimur Jhagra's Nana not Dada. Watch the first episode in this three part series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDqAxVwTTp0 Watch the second episode in this three part series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqoUvVAurx0 Watch the podcast wit...
Apr 05, 2023•8 min
Nishant Tanwar,also known as 'Joke Singh' and 'Rider OP' is an Indian Stand up Comedian and actor. Nishant Tanwar comes on the podcast to discuss the Indian Stand-up Comedy Culture, Shahrukh Khan, Zakir Khan, Doing Stand-up in Hindi, Pakistani Cricketers on Youtube, Meeting Pakistanis, Indian Food, NDTV, Meme reacts and Tanmay Bhatt. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 263
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. Episode 2 of the series looks the the Muslim League demand for Separate Electorates and how that has shaped politics in Pakistan.
Apr 02, 2023•10 min
Pakistan's premier journalist Azaz Syed comes on The Pakistan Experience for a masterclass in Journalism. This really is a must watch for anyone interested in journalism in Pakistan. One half of the popular Talk-Shock Duo, Azaz Syed on today's episode discusses Journalism, Verifying Facts, Imran Khan's conduct, The current political crisis, Dealing with Bias, Propaganda, Fear of Threats, The Establishment and attacks on Journalists. Azaz Syed is an Islamabad based print and electronic media jour...
Apr 01, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 262
Journalist and Host of Zara Hutt Kay on Dawn News, Zarrar Khuhro joins for an emotionally charged episode of The Pakistan Experience where we discuss how Pakistan, and common Pakistanis, are suffering in this war of PTI vs PDM. On this episode we discuss how badly PDM has messed up, the current polarization, serial killers, the news, fascism, Imran Khan, India, Hamza Shahbaz's Darzi and the Synderverse. Zarrar Khuhro is Journalist and the Host of Zara Hutt Kay on Dawn News. The Pakistan Experien...
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 261
TPE's Book of the month was Hussain Haqqani's 'Between the Mosque and the Military' - in this video we discuss the first three chapters of the book. Watch the first episode in this three part series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDqAxVwTTp0 Watch the podcast with Hussain Haqqani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1whXAXmn9A&t=0s The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon...
Mar 29, 2023•11 min
Barrister Salahuddin Ahmad is a leading lawyer of Pakistan. He was the President of the Sindh Bar Council and frequently writes as well. Salahuddin comes on the podcast to answer all your questions about the Law, PTI, PDM, and The Constitution. On this week's episode, we discuss the Chief Justice, Suo-Moto Powers, Bench Forming, the Shahrukh Jatoi Case, Judicial Reform, Qazi Faez Isa, 63-A and whether delaying the elections is Unconstitutional. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produce...
Mar 28, 2023•2 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 260
TPE's Book of the month was Hussain Haqqani's 'Between the Mosque and the Military' - in this video we discuss the first three chapters of the book. Watch the podcast with Hussain Haqqani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1whXAXmn9A&t=0s 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 - 03...
Mar 25, 2023•12 min
Zubair Omar is the Former Governor of Sindh, he has also served as the Chairman of Privatisation Commission of Pakistan and is currently the Chief Spokesperson for PML-N's Maryam Nawaz. Zubair Omar comes on the podcast to discuss the Economy, Ishaq Dar, Reimagining Pakistan, Imran Khan, PTI's Politics, Establishment, Narrative Building and Audio leaks. Did Zubair Omar meet General Bajwa? Does PML-N want Elections? Has PML-N abandoned Vote ko Izzat Do? Find out this and more on this week's episod...
Mar 24, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 259
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 first episode of the series explores the changing of the text of the Lahore Resolution and how that impacted the entire idea of Pakistan for decades to come. 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/thepa...
Mar 23, 2023•18 min
A new series where I answer ten questions from the audience. This week I answer: 1. Are you biased 2. Are you a Patwari or a Jiyala? 3. Why are you not as hard on other parties? 4. Why dont you support Imran Khan? 5. Imran Khan is not great but he is better 6. Imran Khan is standing up to the Establishment 7. Who should we vote for? 8. Pakistan se sab se bara masla kya hay 9.Is say kaisay larayn 10. Should we leave Pakistan? If you have any questions, write them in the comments or email us at th...
Mar 23, 2023•43 min
Anchor, Journalist and Thinker, Syed Muzammil Shah, comes back o the podcast for a detailed overview of PTI and Imran Khan's politics; we go into the history of Pakistan, comparing it with India, to see where they went right, and where we went wrong, and what can both countries learn from each other. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPTNN03y8vM Is Imran Khan Anti-Establishment? Why Pakistan struggled after 1947? Does Pakistan even want good relations with India? Find out this and more on this wee...
Mar 22, 2023•2 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 258
Discussing the details of the police operation against Imran Khan. What is happening and why? 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/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexper...
Mar 18, 2023•22 min
To support Asad: https://gofund.me/c4017528 Asad Ali Memon is an emerging climber from Pakistan who is aspiring to climb Mount Everest in April 2023. His goal is to reach the highest peaks of each continent. He is endeavouring to become the youngest Pakistani and the first ever from Sindh to achieve these milestones. He also plans to reach the North and the South Poles unaided and climb all fourteen peaks in the world that stand at over 8,000 meters. Previous climbs Asad’s maiden summit was in 2...
Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 257
Comedy Writer, Author, and the Man behind the PTV classic 'Family Front', and Geo's 'Hum Sab Umeed Se Hain', Dr. Younus Butt, joins us on a special episode of The Pakistan Experience where we discuss comedy, satire, the old school vs the new school, Pak Tea House, Juan Elia, Amanullah Sahab and comedy culture Dr. Younus Butt is an author, humorist and screen writer known for shows like Hum Sab Umeed Se Hain and Family Front. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 256
Mariam Shafqat Goraya, Huda, Zainab and Sana Jafri join us for a special live discussion on this year's Aurat March, the beauty of solidarity and the Violence faced by the Aurat March organizers.
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 53 min
Former Editor of DAWN, Abbas Nasir, comes on The Pakistan Experience for a detailed discussion on everything wrong with the Pakistani News Industry and how they tried destroying DAWN. On this deep dive podcast, we discuss Dawn's Editorial Policy, Abbas Nasir's Life Journey, Post-Truth Politics, The Loss of Objectivity, The Commercialization of Media, Clickbait Journalism, Partisan Journalists, Imran Riaz Khan, PTI, the politics of Imran Khan, Covering PPP in the 80s, and the Economic Disparity i...
Mar 11, 2023•2 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 255
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 ac...
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 254
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.p...
Mar 08, 2023•2 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 253
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 pod...
Mar 07, 2023•14 min
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? K...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Season 1Ep. 252
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....
Mar 06, 2023•19 min
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 h...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 12
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...
Mar 05, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Season 1Ep. 252
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 Privilege...
Mar 04, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 251
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 ...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 250
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 researc...
Feb 25, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 249
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 r...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 248
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...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 247
