The Pakistan Experience

We are dedicating TPE 200 completely to the floods. Dawar Butt, a Public Policy Analyst by profession, with a deep interest in Environmental Policy and Management.  Dawar Butt comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss what caused the floods, what could have been done to mitigate the damage, climate change, the Global North, Dams and what we should do now.   The Pakistan Experience...

Ali Abdullah is a content creator and a Stand-up comedian.  Ali Abdullah comes on The Pakistan Experience, from getting his early education at a Madrassa to finding out about Stand-up comedy. Sahee kehtay hain tragedy mai comedy hay  The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on...

Journalist Amber Rahim Shamsi joins us on this episode of The Pakistan Experience to discuss journalism, bias, objectivity, neutrality, censorship, lifafay, the media, ethics and journalism.  Who is a Journalist?  How to report the news?  How to be fair in your journalism?  Should Imran Khan be charged under Terrorism?  Find out this and more on this week's episode of The...

Ali Gul Pir is a Pakistani rapper, television and voice actor and stand-up comedian. He achieved popularity with his first single, "Waderai Ka Beta", a comedy song about political elites in Pakistan at the helm of affairs and the culture surrounding it.  Ali Gul PIr comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Sindhi culture, perception of Sindhis, his life philosophy, Family, Love and Cousin...

Mustafa Chaudhary, of 4 man show and BNN fame, is a comedian and a content creator.   He comes on The Pakistan Experience for a bachodiyan session discussing his comedy career, the current political climate, the media industry, offensive comedy, haters and Indian comics.  This is not one to be missed.  The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell...

Mariam Shafqat Goraya, Ekta Shaikh and Sajeer Shaikh join us for a special TPE Live for Flood Awareness.  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     And Please stay in...

Nadeem Farooq Paracha, also known as NFP, is a Pakistani journalist, author, cultural critic, satirist and historian. He is a columnist for Pakistan's largest English-language daily Dawn.  NFP comes on the podcast to discuss Twitter, The cult of Imran Khan, The Pakistani Identity, Mohajir Nationalism, Secularism and Waseem Raja.   Should Karachi be separated from Sindh?  How do...

Ali Murtaza, a Fulbright Scholar and Designer, comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Design, Design Thinking, UX, Psychology and the Pakistani Cricket Team!  Ali Murtaza is a designer and educator specialising in Human-Centered Design. He’s a Fulbright scholar, and holds an MFA in Industrial Design from Savannah College of Art & Design.  He has led public and private sector pro...

Sajeer Shaikh is a writer and a Content Writer. Shehzad Ghias Shaikh is a content creator, stand-up comedian, writer and the host of the podcast, The Pakistan Experience.  Sajeer Shaikh came on the podcast to interview Shehzad but what happened was a detailed conversation about woke politics, social media, healing, motivation, mental health, working out, Nazar and Shaadi.   Find out...

Mustafa Kamal is the founder and chairperson of the Pak Sarzameen Party. He previously was a Senator and the mayor of Karachi from Oct 2005 to Oct 2010 as part of MQM.  Mustafa Kamal comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss MQM, Karachi, The Establishment, RAW, the operation against MQM, PTI and what he will do if he is elected as the next mayor of Karachi.  Is PSP an Establishment pa...

Salman Hameed comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the James Webb Telescope and its impact on the world.  On this deep dive podcast, we get into Science, Religion, Islam, Evolution, The Copernican Revolution, Black Holes, The Multiverse, Dark Matter and of course, Star Trek.  How does the James Webb Telescope interpret data?  Is Pakistan Anti-Science?  Is there life out...

Architect and researcher Marvi Mazhar comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Karachi, Development and Urban Design.  Is Phase 8 sinking?  Why is development so scattered in Karachi?  Is Karachi's urban design ugly?  Why don't we have more art spaces?  Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience.  Marvi Mazhar Is a karachi based archit...

Bilal Hasan (Mystapaki) comes on the podcast to discuss Fat Shaming, His Fitness Journey, Mental Health, Vlogging, Being a PhotoJournalist, and How certain Gyms aren't worth going to.  As of 2022 Pakistan ONLY has 15 Doctors that received their training in Emergency Medicine. It takes 5 years to train ONE Doctor through a rigorous residency program. Since this is a medical emergency Bilal wor...

Murtaza Wahab is the Administrator of Karachi.  He is also the Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh on Law and the Spokesman Sindh Government. He is also a former Senator and a Barrister.   Murtaza Wahab comes on the podcast to discuss Karachi, its many issues, Governance, Administration, Roads, Flooding and PPP.  The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking...

Mubashir Zaidi, comes on The Pakistan Experience, to discuss Journalism, What a Journalist is, The Role of The Establishment in Politics, Political Victimization,  News as Entertainment and the dangers of Journalism.  Mubashir Zaidi is a journalist and television personality, co-hosting the popular current affairs show Zara Hut Kay on Dawn News. He is a former editor with Dawn TV and DAW...

Mariam Shafqat Goraya, Sajeer Shaikh and Ekta Shaikh are online content creators. We did a TPE Live with audiences on the 3rd Anniversary of the podcast, here is the last hour of that podcast where we discuss TPE's journey and the price of being vulnerable online.   The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations....

On the third birthday of TPE we went live with Mariam, Sajeer, Ekta and all of you to discuss TPE's Journey   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    And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePa...

Co-hosted by Faisal Rafi, Daniel Arthur Panjwaney comes on the podcast to discuss the Pakistani underground music scene. From Boiler Room to Rock Concerts, From the contribution of Christian Musicians to the Pakistani Music Scene to artists like Amir Zaki and Gumby not being respected, watch as the three of us discuss everything to do with the underground music scene in Pakistan!  Daniel Arth...

Our series looking to break the echo chambers and talk across the aisles continues with this episode. Uzair Younus, Bilal Lakhani and Nayab Gohar Jan comes on for a debate on who is to be blamed for the current crisis.  Is it PTI? Is it PDM? Is it the Establishment?  Watch now!  The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan throu...

Ahsan Bari is a composer, musician and the founder of Sounds of Kolachi. Ahsan Bari comes on the podcast to discuss music, the process of the artist, doing commercial work, life as a karachite and AR Rahman. Apologies for the audio being less than perfect on this podcast. There was a technical error on the Rodecaster so we had to use the back up audio. The Pakistan Experience is an independently p...

Adi Verma is a burned-out banker turned online writer and solopreneur.   Adi Verma comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss his healing journey; from being depressed, anxious and addicted at age 32 drinking and eating his way to Diabetes, Adi managed to turn his life around; here are some of his life observations on how he healed myself and you could too.  On this episode, we dis...

Nayab Gohar Jan is a social activist, leftist and one of the organizers of Aurat March Lahore. She has recently joined PPP.   Dr. Minahil Asim is an Assistant Professor of Education Leadership and Program Evaluation at the University of Ottawa. She studies education reforms and policies that are focused on improving learning outcomes and educational trajectories for disadvantaged student...

On Tuesday evening, a fire broke out at Mekaal Hasan's iconic Digital Fidelity Studios in Lahore that led to its wreckage. Friends and fan of Mekaal are doing a fundraiser to raise funds to rebuild the studio. Please contribute: gofundme.com/f/rebuild-dfs  Mekaal Hassan, Haniya Aslam, Omran Shafique and the Takatak boys come on for this special live fundraiser where they share their memories...

Asad Ali Toor is a Pakistani journalist and vlogger. He currently reports from the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He has also worked as a producer for the Aaj News.   Asad Ali Toor comes on the podcast to discuss the recent arrest of Imran Riaz Khan, the fascism of the state, PTI, PDM, Journalistic ethics and intelligence agencies approaching journalists.   The Pakistan Experience...

Ali Aftab Saeed is a journalist, content creator and a musician.  Tamkenat is a doctor and a content creator.   The three of us get together for our first episode in the new studio - this was bound to be epic.    The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on P...