Ammar Ali Jan is a Historian, Academic, Activist and President of the Haqooq-e-Khalq party holding a PhD from Cambridge University.

Ammar Ali Jan comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss how the Pakistani state rules by fear, fascism, the Hindutva Project, Colonialism, the failings of Democracy, Political Engineering in Pakistan, Ground Realities in Pakistan, PPP, PTI, PDM, The Left and Constituency Politics.

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

1:50 How the Pakistani state rules by Fear

4:40 The India Factor, Colonialism and Hindutva Project

15:30 Is Democracy failing?

25:30 Political Engineering in Pakistan

30:00 Jamaat-e-Islami, PPP and Karachi

34:00 Engaging with people across the spectrum

41:00 Why the Left doesn’t Unite

48:00 Contaminated Water in Chungi

54:00 Ground realities and Pakistan’s issues

1:04:00 Local Government and Student Unions

1:07:45 TERF and Elite Capture

1:19:00 PPP and Big Tent Party idea for the Left

1:32:00 Identity Politics vs Class Politics

1:37:30 Audience Questions