The Pakistan Experience

Husain Haqqani is the author of 4 books, The Director of South and Central Asia at Hudson Institute and the Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States of America and Sri Lanka.

Husain Haqani comes on The Pakistan Experience to clear the air about the conspiracy theories surrounding his role in the Vote of No Confidence against Imran Khan. On this deep dive podcast, we discuss the Bajwa Doctrine, Corruption, Lobbying, US-Pak Relations, The use of Religion in Politics, India, Modi, Hindutva, Populism, Trade with India, Qazi Faez Isa 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.

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

0:58 Conspiracy Theories about Husain Haqani’s role in Imran Khan’s ouster

15:30 Corruption and Lobbying in the USA

20:30 Why did General Bajwa stop supporting Imran Khan?

29:30 Does USA undermine Democracy in Pakistan?

39:00 Decency and the use of religion in Politics

46:30 India, Modi and Hindutva

54:00 Populism,Focus on Cultural Issues by Populists and Elite Politics

1:00:00 The role of Establishment in Politics in Pakistan

1:07:00 The original sins of Pakistani politics

1:11:00 Reliance on American Aid

1:14:00 Relations and Trade with India

1:15:37 Qazi Faiz Isa

1:18:40 Blackwater, the F-16 Deal and Photoshopped Pictures

1:26:30 How to unlearn dogma

1:29:30 Conclusion

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 3 of the series looks the meeting between Quaid-e-Azam and the Sikh community to see if they would join the Muslims for the demand of a separate homeland.

You can watch Episode 1 on the Lahore Resolution here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HVcorSr-vM

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

Explaining the current crisis at the Supreme Court, How we got here and What will happen now.

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

Tahir Imran Mian is an award-winning investigative Journalist & ex Social Media Editor for BBC Urdu. Tahir consults and reports on Aviation.

Tahir Imran Mian comes on The Pakistan Experience to expose how Ghulam Sarwar Khan cost Pakistan 2 billion dollars by making a false claim about Pakistani pilots having fake licenses after the PIA Crash.

Watch who all was involved in the conspiracy and how the Pakistani aviation was destroyed deliberately and maliciously.

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 Ghulam Sarwar Khan's claims about fake licenses

5:15 The meeting with Imran Khan

7:30 The issue with licenses

10:15 The PIA Crash was Pilot Error

14:30 Ghulam Sarwar Khan's Speech, Virgin Atlantic and Zulfi Bukhari

21:30 Corruption Charges and destroying Local Airlines

29:00 Issues with Pilots

37:30 Destroying the Aviation Industry

42:00 Why keep PIA?

48:00 Is Overstaffing the main problem with PIA?

53:00 How much did Ghulam Sarwar Khan's mistake cost Pakistan?

1:02:00 PIA's safety record

1:07:45 MH370

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 YouthThe Creative Process, Burnout and why channels are always looking for formulas instead of giving creatives freedom.

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:

Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912

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And Please stay in touch:

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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 Intro

01:11 How people talk in Pakistani dramas, Sab Set Hay and his inspirations, Amir Khan & Seinfeld

10:18 Becoming a filmmaker, writing stories & his process, and understanding what’s important

20:56 Studying design, individuality & formulae, Azfar’s early life, living in Germany and communal showers

32:19 Education in Pakistan, growing audiences, and uniqueness of social media

43:03 Working with creatives, doing unusual work, the finances of making quality content and how women are seen in the field

56:33 Delayed payments, milking shows too long, doing new things, getting banned, forming a political party and “I love Karachi” tees

1:06:44 Burnout, becoming ARY VP, sitcoms, more money in Soaps, poor comedy talent

1:17:23 Big comedy actors & Waqar Zaka’s story

1:27:25 Aag TV, money being circulated around the same TV, his experience with direction and depression

1:39:31 How TBH was made, Tabish, Ali Abdullah and I Don’t Know, why we’re wasting talent like Mustafa Chaudhry

1:50:01 Availability perceptions, Fawad Khan and getting work, and the House of Shehzad

1:53:59 Q&A

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 with Hussain Haqqani:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1whXAXmn9A&t=0s

Essay on Musharraf's legacy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Uzgx1x8mE

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

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And Please stay in touch:

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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

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:

https://www.patreon.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 Intro

1:30 Indian Stand-up Comedy Culture

5:00 Celebrity Culture in India

11:00 Zakir Khan and Tahastu

13:30 Stages of Indian Stand-up Comedy

18:00 Switching to Hindi Stand-up Comedy

20:30 Making videos of performances

24:30 Money in Stand-up Comedy

27:15 Pakistani cricketers on Youtube

30:15 Meeting Pakistanis and Indians

34:20 Indian Food

39:50 Polarization and the Media

43:00 Working as a Producer at NDTV

48:00 Paparazzi in India and Shahid Afridi

55:20 Comparison of TV with Youtube and Corporate Shows

1:01:30 Working on Material and deciding what you want to say with your comedy

1:07:50 Audience Questions

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.

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 journalist trainer and author.His book titling, "The Secrets of Pakistan's War On Al.Qaeda"remained the best seller in year 2015. He reports and analyses issues related to democracy, civil military relations, counter terrorism, intelligence , national security and anti corruption..

In year 2009 / 2010 he hosted the countries first ever television show titling, The Spy Master , at Dawn News in which the role of intelligence agencies and military in politics was exposed.

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

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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 intro

01:10 Haqeeqat TV, what is journalism and being a journalist

07:48 Zil e Shah’s murder & attacking the police

16:21 Gathering information, verification of facts, is objectivity impossible?, Imran Khan’s conduct

23:31 Dealing with bias & doubt, PTI’s presentation of narrative, “syllabus” of the media and towing the line of respectability

31:20 Fear of threats, staying motivated, keeping going and possibility of being manipulated

40:11 Is the Establishment doing things differently, Imran Khan still powerful, mob violence, giving people context, being used

51:09 dealing with the establishment, information gathering through personal relationships and finding the truth

1:02:53 Requests from the powerful, institutional ganging up in Pakistan, violence & Hamid Mir’s attack

1:10:59 How to fix Journalism in Pakistan and predictions for the future

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 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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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 Intro

1:29 Current political climate and polarization, the way forward

8:40 ECP’s constitutional violation, is this our worst crisis ever?, the battle for survival, and is there any hope for Pakistan?

15:56 Dealing with horrors, serial killers in Pakistan, and conspiracy theories

29:51 how to verify news, whataboutism, “Quaid ki vision” and mental gymnastics

37:48 Politicians coming clean, Zardari’s mastery, PTI’s ability to connect with people and PDM’s invisible narrative

48:19 Sidiq Jan & unacceptable arrests, democratic principles, PML-N’s losing politics, going from Miftah to Dar

57:13 What if IK comes to power, centrism, the transgender bill and adopting terms from the west

1:07:02 Being on the wrong side of history, evolving nature of political correctness, Zaraar’s criticism of India

1:13:46 Zaraar’s Zara Hut Kay on Dawn

1:16:37 Q&A

1:32:40 Affleck’s Batman and the Snyderverse