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/thepakistanexperienc...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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 consi...
Jul 27, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 376
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/ThePaki...
Jul 21, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 374
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...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 33 min
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/thep...
Jul 14, 2024•47 min
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 ...
Jul 13, 2024•9 min
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,...
Jul 13, 2024•1 hr 4 min
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 ...
Jul 11, 2024•47 min
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 hos...
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr 22 min
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 in...
Jun 24, 2024•2 hr•Season 1Ep. 361
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, "Politic...
May 12, 2024•46 min
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? ...
May 10, 2024•1 hr 21 min
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...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 356
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 fac...
May 05, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 355
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 consid...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 354
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...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 353
Ishrat Husain comes on for a fiery episode of The Pakistan Experience on the Economy of Pakistan. On this week's episode, we discuss what India got right in the 90s, Modi's Economy, The Early Years of Pakistan's Bureaucracy, Economic Disparities between East and West Pakistan, Military Governments, Ishrat Husain's tenure as State Bank Governor, Real Estate, Pervez Musharaf's Policies, 18th Amendment and Balochistan. Ishrat Husain is a Pakistani banker and economist who served as the dean of the ...
Apr 26, 2024•2 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 352
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 Fourth episode looks at the Imposition of Urdu as a National Language on Pakistan: 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 co...
Apr 25, 2024•20 min
Journalist and Editor of Aman ki Asha, Beena Sarwar, comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss India-Pakistan relations. On this episode we discuss, Aman ki Asha, Hindutva Politics, Appetite for Peace in India and Pakistan, Selling Hate Online, Modi visiting Pakistan, Visa Policy, Kartarpur, Cultural Connections, Visiting India and whether sentiments in India changed after 26/11. Beena Sarwar is a Pakistani journalist, artist and filmmaker focusing on human rights, media and peace. She resides...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 352
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish comes on for a remarkable episode of The Pakistan Experience on Israel, Palestine and hatred. Dr. Izzeldin talks about Israel killing his daughters, his niece, and 22 of his family members but still vowing not to let hatred consume him. We discuss Gaza, Resilience, Belief, Faith, the Nakbah, the Cruelty of the World, Hatred, Loss and the Current Situation in Gaza. Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, an esteemed Palestinian-Canadian physician and humanitarian, was born in the Jabalia r...
Apr 18, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 350
Amn Karim Ahmad, author of "We Are Going to be Okay" comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Motherhood, Pregnancy, Biology, Postpartum Depression, anxieties and struggles of a first time mother, therapy and her book. Amn Karim Ahmad was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. She studied in Canada and Australia for her undergraduate and postgraduate degree respectively. After getting married she moved to Virginia, USA where she worked as an elementary school ESL teacher. Amn became a first ti...
Apr 16, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 349
Ali Usman Qasmi comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss his new book, “Qaum, Mulk, Sultanat” - on this episode we do a deep dive in the 1950s in Pakistan; how was Pakistan turned into an Islamic State? We discuss Ayub Khan, The National Anthem, the Indian Citizenship Act, the notion of the Nation State, Establishment's narratives and Imran Khan taking over the Establishment's narrative. After the trauma of mass violence and massive population movements around the partition of India and ...
Apr 14, 2024•2 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 348
Part 3 of our Stolen Election series looks at the Elections 2008 to 2024. 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 The first part of the series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SunxYsfHHG4 To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/Th...
Apr 13, 2024•54 min
For pictures/videos, watch the Euro Trip part on Youtube. Sajeer Shaikh and Shehzad Ghias look back at the journey of The Pakistan Experience, from being a PTI supporter in 2013 to being a critic of the party in 2024, Shehzad and Sajeer discuss the five years of TPE, the pressures of making content, using children for content, sensationalism, mental health, BTS, Cult Culture, and a breakdown of Shehzad's euro trip. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stor...
Apr 11, 2024•2 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 357
Aurat March Organizers Karachi come on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the myths and misconceptions around the Aurat March. Where does the funding come from? Is there a Western Agenda? Is it just for elite women? 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...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 36 min
Zahid Hussain comes on for an explosive episode of The Pakistan Experience on the history of militancy in Pakistan. On this episode, Zahid Hussain talks about TTP 2.0, Afghanistan, Kashmir, the 1980s, Benazir Bhutto, Hamid Gul, Musharraf, Lal Masjid, Baloch Insurgency, 9th May and more. Zahid Hussain is an award-winning journalist and writer. He is a correspondent for The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal. He also has covered Pakistan and Afghanistan for several other international pub...
Apr 07, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 346
The second part of the Stolen Election Series. In this episode, we look at the elections held in Pakistan 1977 to 2008, how Zia-ul-Haq took over after the 1977 elections, how elections were manipulated through the 90s and how Musharaf derailed democracy again. Was Corruption Institutionalized under Zia-ul-Haq? Is the Pakistani awaam jahil? Have military dictators been popular in Pakistan? Find out this and more! The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories...
Apr 06, 2024•27 min
Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss TTP 2.0, Taliban, Afghanistan, BLA, Balochistan, Iran-Pakistan missile crisis, PTM, Pakistan's policies and Security Situation. Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud is an Islamabad based Pakistani Journalist with over a decade of experience in print, online and television journalism. He extensively covers militancy, conflict, Jihadist movements, ideologies and other related security issues in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. He is the Co-found...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 345
200K Livestream with Mariam Goraya, Tamkenat Mansoor, Adeel Afzal and Ali Aftab Saeed 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...
Apr 01, 2024•2 hr 51 min
In this episode, we look at the elections held in Pakistan 1947 to 1970, and the weak roots of democracy in Pakistan, from Muslim League's politics before partition to West Pakistan's hegemony over resources after partition, we see how the bureaucracy and the military leadership took control of Pakistan. Why was India able to hold elections but Pakistan did not? Why did Pakistan dismiss elected Governments in the provinces? How did Ayub Khan defeat Fatima Jinnah? Find out this and more on this e...
Mar 31, 2024•20 min
