Salman Rashid is a Travel writer and a Fellow of Royal Geographical Society.

Salman Rashid comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Arabization of Pakistan, Pakistan's Identity Crisis, Ranjit Singh, Pakistan before Zia-ul-Haq, Mustansar Hussain Tarrar, Balochistan, Karachi, K2 and Lahore after Partition.

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Chapters

0:00 Arabization of Names

9:30 Pakistan’s Identity Crisis and the role of British Colonialism

17:30 Ranjit Singh and old Empires in India

25:30 India and the history of hatred in Pakistan

32:44 Pre Zia Pakistan and Bengal

40:00 Quaid-e-Azam and Liaquat Ali Khan

45:00 Mustansar Hussain Tarrar should not be a travel writer

49:30 British mapping and writing

54:00 Love for Travel Writing and Ranikot

1:05:00 Hillpark and Karachi

1:10:00 Religiosity and fake piety during Zia-ul-Haq’s era

1:15:00 Urdu, Persian, Languages and Dialects

1:19:00 Things to see in Balochistan

1:23:30 King Porus, Alexander the Great and Mandi Bahauddin

1:28:40 Hindu contribution to Lahore and Partition

1:38:00 Audience Questions