The Pakistan Experience

To support Asad: https://gofund.me/c4017528 Asad Ali Memon is an emerging climber from Pakistan who is aspiring to climb Mount Everest in April 2023. His goal is to reach the highest peaks of each continent. He is endeavouring to become the youngest Pakistani and the first ever from Sindh to achieve these milestones. He also plans to reach the North and the South Poles unaided and climb all fourte...

Comedy Writer, Author, and the Man behind the PTV classic 'Family Front', and Geo's 'Hum Sab Umeed Se Hain', Dr. Younus Butt, joins us on a special episode of The Pakistan Experience where we discuss comedy, satire, the old school vs the new school, Pak Tea House, Juan Elia, Amanullah Sahab and comedy culture  Dr. Younus Butt is an author, humorist and screen writer known for shows like Hum S...

Mariam Shafqat Goraya, Huda, Zainab and Sana Jafri join us for a special live discussion on this year's Aurat March, the beauty of solidarity and the Violence faced by the Aurat March organizers.

Former Editor of DAWN, Abbas Nasir, comes on The Pakistan Experience for a detailed discussion on everything wrong with the Pakistani News Industry and how they tried destroying DAWN.   On this deep dive podcast, we discuss Dawn's Editorial Policy, Abbas Nasir's Life Journey, Post-Truth Politics, The Loss of Objectivity, The Commercialization of Media, Clickbait Journalism, Partisan Jour...

Shahzadi Rai is an Aurat March organizer and a Trans Rights Activist. Shahzadi comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the reality of the Trans Community in Pakistan away from the hate campaigns and propaganda that we see wherever else. On this deep dive podcast, we discuss Discrimination and Violence against the Khuwaja Sira Community, the Trans Bill, Elite Politics, Aurat March, Activism, HI...

Uzair Younus comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Pakistani Economy, his recent trip across India, Ishaq Dar's Disasters, Rising Inflation, the Digitization of India, MIftah Ismail, Politics and Elite Capture.  Uzair Younus is the director of the Pakistan Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center.  The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looki...

All news channels are discussing when Imran Khan is arrested but they are not sitting down to discuss whether Imran Khan should be arrested and what the cases against him really are. Here is a breakdown of whether Imran Khan should be arrested in principle, and a breakdown of the Toshakhana Reference,  the Tyrian White reference and the Foreign Funding Case, particularly the ECP order in Akba...

The episode was not playing for some people on Apple Podcasts. Farooq Sattar is the former mayor of Karachi and the leader of MQM Pakistan. He been a member of the provincial and federal cabinet, in various positions, since 1997.  Farooq Sattar comes on The Pakistan Experience for a detailed discussion on Karachi, Mohajir Politics, the Quota System, Reunification of MQM, Altaf Hussain, the 18...

PTI blames PDM for inflation, PDM blames PTI,  Both blame the Establishment but who is really responsible for Inflation and Economic Collapse in Pakistan?  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 ch...

The organizers of Aurat March Karachi come on to discuss the demands for their march.   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/thepakistanex...

Farooq Sattar is the former mayor of Karachi and the leader of MQM Pakistan. He been a member of the provincial and federal cabinet, in various positions, since 1997.  Farooq Sattar comes on The Pakistan Experience for a detailed discussion on Karachi, Mohajir Politics, the Quota System, Reunification of MQM, Altaf Hussain, the 18th Amendment and the Rangers Operations.   Did MQM ha...

Fawad Hasan Fawad is a Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Principal Secretary to two Prime Ministers, Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.  In July 2018 Fawad Hasan Fawad was arrested by NAB on charges of corruption. Last Thursday Fawad was acquitted by the Accountability Court.  Fawad Hasan Fawad comes on The Pakistan Experience for a deep dive discussion on his...

Ali Haider Zaidi is thePresident of PTI Sindh and the former Federal Minister of Maritime Affairs.  Ali Zaidi comes on a fiery episode of The Pakistan Experience to discuss KPT, the attack on the DC office, the Karachi Elections, the Cypher, Anti-American and Anti-Establishment Politics, the Karachi Elections, the future of PTI, Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi, Jail Bharo and General Bajwa.  Has...

Dr. Rosita Armytage is the author of Big Capital in an Unequal World: The Micropolitics of Wealth in Pakistan.   Dr. Rosita Armytage comes on the podcast to show the elite in Pakistan functions, from gifts to favours, form legalizing their businesses to Government subsidies, Dr. Rosita shows how the elite nexus in Pakistan is a private circle that restricts access to the masses and conti...

Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar is a Pakistani politician who has been a former Member of the Senate of Pakistan, from March 2018 to 10 November 2022. He parted ways with PPP in December 2022.  Mustafa Nawaz Khokar comes on TPE to discuss why TTP is rising again, why he left PPP, Reimagining Pakistan, Strategic Depth, PDM's failings, The Establishment's mistakes and the crimes of the Khokar Family. &nb...

Mehreen Jabbar comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Media, Film and Drama Industry of Pakistan; from the good old days of PTV to the current film Industry, Mehreen Jabbar talks about her 30 years in the Pakistan Media Industry.  Mehreen Jabbar is a Pakistani film and television director known for works like Ramchand Pakistani, Harjai, Doraha, Dobara Phir Se, and Ek Jhooti Love Stor...

Kullu bhai comes on The Pakistan Experience for a wholesome and insanely fun episode discussing Bhopal, Bollywood, The Indian Stand-Up Comedy Culture, Meeting Sanjay Dutt, Working with Zakir Khan, The Process of making Reacts videos with Tanmay Bhatt, and his favourite Pakistani content.   Aaditya Kulshreshth aka Kullu. He is an Indian Stand-up Comedian, Writer and Actor. He is a regular...

A special cross-over episode with Kushal Mehra's The Cārvāka Podcast where we discuss Cricket, Pakistan and India.  Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXMrYmPtDW8 The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.  Please consider supporting us on...

On this month's episode of TPE Live, we celebrate Valentines Day and Shahrukh Khan  As always we are joined by Mariam Shafqat Goraya and Sajeer Shaikh, and audience members join us for this session.  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/t...

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Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman comes on TPE for a fiery episode of the podcast where we discuss Karachi, local body elections, PTI, Aurat March, JI's history, dictatorships, the role of a mayor and JI's vision for Karachi.  What is JI's vision for Pakistan?  Will Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman be able to deliver for Karachi?  Will we see restrictions on Karachi's culture?   Find out this an...

What is the legacy of General Pervez Musharraf?  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: http...

Faisal Rafi is a veteran Music Producer, Faisal comes on The Pakistan Experience to talk about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, How Rahat Fateh Ali Khan got into Bollywood, Qawali culture, Recording Labels, The Music Industry, Spotify, Concerts and the future of Music in Pakistan.  The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations....

Ahsan Iqbal comes on The Pakistan Experience for a deep dive podcast ranging from Maryam Nawaz's role in the party, to PML-N's communication strategy, from Economic Policies, to judging the current PDM Government, from Student Unions to Dynastic Politics; Ahsan Iqbal discusses politics, economics, and polarization with us.  Are Shahid Khaqqan Abbasi and Miftah Ismail leaving PML-N?  What...

We list 10 things Pakistan Studies gets wrong about the History of Pakistan.   In 'The Murder of History', K.K. Aziz makes an exhaustive list of everything wrong in Pakistan studies, in this video we talk about ten of those things, and how they have changed how we look at Pakistan History.  The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pa...