The Pakistan Experience

Suneel Munj is the Co-Founder of Pakwheels, Suneel comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss his favourite cars, the journey of Pakwheels, Entrepreneurship, Learning from Failures, Taxation, Government, The Automobile Industry, Electric Cars, Inconsistent Auto Policies, and why the Viva/Carfirst model did not work in Pakistan.

The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.

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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 Entrepreneurship and Story of Pakwheels

11:20 Learning from Failures in Business

15:30 The making of Pakwheels and the Financial Model

25:00 The prices of cars, The Car Industry and OWN

33:00 Government, Systems and Policies

38:45 The Automobile Industry and Policies

50:00 The road to Locally Manufactured Cars, Taxation and Filing

57:00 Valuation, Funding and Path to Profitability of Pakwheels

1:02:00 Why VIVA Cars and CarFirst didn’t work in Pakistan

1:06:00 Audience Questions

Sanjay Rajoura is an Indian stand-up comedian, Satirist, Writer and Content Creator. He is a part of trio of "Aisi Taisi Democracy.

Sanjay comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss his visit to Pakistan, Satire, Criticizing Society, Apathy, Inequality, Privilege, Caste, Politics of Hatred, Cricket and Film.

The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.

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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 Aisi Taisi World Tour and Performing

2;30 Visiting Pakistan

6:30 Satire and Criticizing Society

10:55 Apathy, Income Inequality and Privilege

15:00 Privilege, Caste and Constitution

25:40 Sanjay Rajoura’s Family History, Education and Politics of Hatred

36:30 Cricket Rivalry and War

40:30 Seeing Pakistan as an Indian

45:30 Bollywood, Cinema and Patriarchal Institutions

57:00 Good things happening in India

Jawad Ahmad is a Pakistani pop singer and musician. He is also a politician and the Chairman of Barabri Party in Pakistan.

Jawad Ahmad comes on The Pakistan Experience for a deep dive podcast on his politics and the nature of class politics in Pakistan. In this episode we discuss, Jawad Ahmad's music career, Rivalry with Abrar-ul-Haq, Imran Khan's Politics, the Military, Quaid-e-Azam, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pervez Musharraf, and more.

The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.

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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 Why Jawad Ahmad left Singing

13:00 Rivalry with Abrar ul Haq

16:15 Religious Beliefs and the Media Industry

24:00 Artists supporting Pervez Musharaf

30:00 Politics, Democracy and Dictatorship

41:00 The Role of the Individual in History and Jawad Ahmad’s Politics

1:05:00 The Left, The Boys and Class Politics

1:17:00 Making political compromises and Popular Politics

1:25:00 Imran Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and the Left

1:36:00 Audience Questions

The kind of conversation The Pakistan Experience was created for, Osama Zaman comes on to discuss how we get the conversation around Drugs wrong, how addiction needs to be understood, and how society needs to treat addicts.

On this deep dive podcast, Osama Zaman goes into the details of his journey with Heroin addiction, how we got addicted, withdrawal, rehab, relapse and recovery.

The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.

Please consider supporting us on Patreon:

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https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience

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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

2:00 Conversation around Drugs

8:00 Addiction and treatment of Addicts

15:00 Meth

22:00 My journey with Drug Addiction

42:00 Rehab, Withdrawal and Relapse

1:07:30 OD, Rock Bottom and Recovery

1:18:20 Therapy and Trauma

1:24:40 Listening, helping and Identity

1:36:00 Politics and Wokeism

The wake up call that Pakistan needs; one of the leading Economists of the world, Atif Mian, comes on The Pakistan Experience to show the Economic Reality of Pakistan.

On this deep dive podcast, we discuss how Pakistan's Economy is on the tipping point, the things that need to be done to fix it, understanding the economy as part of the whole system, Foreign Investments, Debt, CPEC and the Social Realities of Pakistan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZrWDUUCzmA

Atif Mian is a Pakistani-American economist who serves as the John H. Laporte Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy, and Finance at Princeton University, and as the Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2021, and was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2021.

Atif Mian is also the co-author of the critically acclaimed book, "House of Debt"

The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.

Please consider supporting us on Patreon:

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To support the channel:

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https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience

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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

2:00 Understanding the Economy as part of the whole System

10:00 What is wrong with the System and how to fix it

17:00 Loans, Foreign Investment and Real Estate Projects

28:30 IPPS, CPEC and Repayments

41:30 Building Pakistan to compete Long Term and Exposure to the Global Financial Cycle

52:00 Extreme Inequality, Wealth Distribution and China

1:07:40 Cash Hand Outs

Iffat Omar is an Actress, Model and a Content Creator, she hosts the popular show, "Say it all with Iffat Omar". She is also known for her role as Aapa Ji (Rukhsana) in the Pakistani drama series Mohabbat Aag si.

Iffat Omar comes on The Pakistan Experience for a frank and open discussion on Pakistani Politics and the Pakistani Media Industry, from the fascination people had with Imran Khan, to making it in the industry as an outsider, Iffat Omar talks about her journey and why she thinks the Drama Industry these days is not producing great content anymore.

The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.

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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 The Media Industry and the Price of Speaking the Truth

5:30 Politics: Imran Khan and PDM

16:45 Media Industry supporting Imran Khan

24:00 How Iffat Omar got into the Media Industry

30:00 Dramas these days and good Content

42:00 Challenges we face in Pakistan

46:00 Issues with the Media Industry

52:00 The New Generation and unlearning

56:30 Fashion, Staying Fit and Mental Health

1:09:00 Supporting Women when they speak out

1:17:00 The Nauman Ijaz Interview

1:21:00 Audience Questions

Why is there so much religious mob violence in Pakistan?

Sources:

1. Blasphemy and Violence by Ron E. Hassner

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23019512

2. Blasphemy in the Christian World by David Nash

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/blasphemy-in-the-christian-world-9780199570751

3. USCIRF's report: ENFORCING THE WORLD’S

BLASPHEMY LAWS

https://www.uscirf.gov/publication/violating-rights-enforcing-worlds-blasphemy-laws

4. Article by PEW Research Center

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/01/25/four-in-ten-countries-and-territories-worldwide-had-blasphemy-laws-in-2019-2/

5. “Plurality, Dissent and Hegemony: Th e Story Behind Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law” by Syed Zainuddin Moulvi and Arafat Mazhar

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/freedom-of-expression-in-islam-9780755637676/

6. Sahih Muslim 96

https://sunnah.com/muslim:96a

7. 2008 Unholy Speech and Holy Laws: Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan - Controversial Origins, Design Defects by Zahra Hayat and Osama Siddique:

https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mjil/25/

8. Capitulating to the TLP - The Nation

https://www.nation.com.pk/04-Nov-2018/capitulating-to-the-tlp

Podcasts:

1. Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DZ6h3LcF6o

2. Arafat Mazhar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msRmoRak8LA

The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.

Please consider supporting us on Patreon:

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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 Corelation does not imply causation

3:30 Blasphemy and Violence

9:00 The Illusion of the Oppressed Majority

15:30 Blasphemy Law and Islam

19:30 History of Mob Violence in Pakistan

26:20 Other factors

The CEO of Newslaunry, Abhinandan Sekhri, comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the changing narratives on Gandhi and Nehru, why people vote for BJP, News, Disinformation, Propaganda, Technology, and the Financial model of Newslaundry.

On this deep dive podcast, we discuss CAA, BJP, Pakistan, Extremism, Technology, Twitter, Independent News, Democracy, Secularism, Satire, and Speaking your mind!

Abhinandan Sekhri is the co-founder and CEO of Newslaundry. He has also co-founded the production house Small Screen with Prashant Sareen. Before founding Newslaundry, he worked as a producer, director and writer in various television and film projects, including the award-winning food and travel show ‘Highway on my Plate’, and news-satire shows such as ‘Gustaakhi Maaf’ and ‘The Great Indian Tamasha’.

The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.

Please consider supporting us on Patreon:

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To support the channel:

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https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience

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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 Anti-India and Anti-Pakistan rhetoric

5:30 Speaking openly and honestly

8:00 Changing narratives on Gandhi

20:30 Changing narratives on Nehru

25:30 Changing India - Congress, AAP and BJP

31:00 Hypocrisy of the Elite and the Liberals

35:30 People are not aware of the divisiveness

39:00 Chronology Samjhay; India’s challenge to Secularism

45:30 CAA

47:00 Will Technology and Economic advancements reduce radicalism?

53:15 Democracy, Information and Awareness and the role of the News

57:30 Information in the Digital Age

1:07:00 Neutrality, Objectivity and Fairness in the News

1:19:30 What is the Newslaundry model

1:28:17 Audience Questions

1:48:40 Abhishek’s Question for Shehzad

Pastor Ghazala Shafique comes on The Pakistan Experience for a Truthful and Heartbreaking Podcast on the lives of Christians in Pakistan after the Jarawala Incident. On this deep dive podcast, we discuss the persecution of the Christian Community, Everyday Racism and Hatred,

The Role of the State, Zehn Saazi, and False Accusations.

Ghalaza Shafique has a Masters in Economics, a Masters in Divinity, Founding member of the Minority March and a prominent Human Rights Activist.

The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.

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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

2:30 Rawalpindi Incident

5:30 Zehn Saazi of Hatred

11:50 Role of the State and the Police

17:15 Using derogatory terms against Christians

24:30 Persecution against the Christian Community

32:00 Promoting Peace and Institution Building

37:00 Fixing the Judiciary and a lack of Justice

45:00 State Narratives

55:00 Pakistaniyat

1:01:00 False Accusations and Blasphemy Law

1:09:30 Jobs and Quotas for Christians

1:14:00 State does not care about lives of Christians

1:18:00 Names of Christians in Pakistan

1:21:00 Audience Questions

Qaiser Ali is the Director Programming and Director Digital and Marketing strategist at Green TV and the Owner of Q-Links, Pakistan's biggest Post-Production House and Nashpati Prime, which launched TBH with Tabish Hashmi.

Qaiser Ali comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the vision of Green TV, how they make dramas, his philosophy on content, Nashpati Prime, how TBH started, and how Green TV Entertainment will revolutionize content.

Why aren't Netflix and Amazon coming to Pakistan?

What is the philosophy behind Green Entertainment?

How was TBH started?

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:

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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 What is the philosophy of Green TV Entertainment

12:00 The Creative Process

19:00 Making a Pakistani Brand Premium

27:30 Communication, Content and Social Issues

31:00 The Financial Model of Green

36:00 Content Strategy and Pipeline

46:00 TV and Digital Audiences

51:00 Eagle's Nest

57:45 The story of TBH

1:06:30 Ideas and Intellectual Property

1:10:30 Formulas, OTT, Netflix and Amazon