

The Pakistan Experience
The Pakistan Experience
The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversations.
https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePakistanExperience
Also available on Spotify, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts.
Hosted by Shehzad Ghias Shaikh
https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePakistanExperience
Also available on Spotify, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts.
Hosted by Shehzad Ghias Shaikh
Episodes
Mentioned books

Nov 23, 2023 • 1h 9min
Why the Arabs lost the wars against Israel - Hasnain Haider - Dekho Suno Jano - #TPE 311
Hasnain Haider, a researcher at Dekho Suno Jano, discusses the history of the Arab-Israel wars and wars between Pakistan and India. Topics include Israel's plan for Gaza, the 1967 and 1971 wars, Pakistan Army's operation in Swat, and the Kashmir conflict.

Nov 22, 2023 • 1h 45min
Travelling through Pakistan; from Karachi to K2 - Salman Rashid on Pakistan's Identity - #TPE 310
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.
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 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

Nov 20, 2023 • 33min
What happened on October 7th? - Exposing the Lies and Myths around Israel and Palestine - Part 2
A new series that looks to destroy the myths around Israel and Palestine, and respond to popular talking points on the media.
The second part of the series looks at what really happened on October 7th.
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:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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 and the Propaganda around the Al Shifa Hospital
3:44 Myth 11: Israel tries to minimize civilian casualties
5:43 Myth 12: Israel does not target hospitals
8:30 Myth 13: Israel does not target Journalists
10:24 Myth 14: Israel tells people to evacuate
13:18 Myth 15: This is being done to eliminate Hamas
17:51 Myth 17: This is not a Genocide
23:54 We should ask to Release All Hostages
24:58 What did Hamas expect?
27:42 What really happened on October 7th?

Nov 17, 2023 • 1h 55min
Pakistan's Legal and Constitutional Crisis - Salman Akram Raja - Imran Khan's Lawyer - #TPE 309
Salman Akram Raja is one of the top lawyers of Pakistan, currently he is Imran Khan's Lawyer and in the past he has represented Nawaz Sharif too.
Salman Akram Raja comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Judiciary, the Lawyers Movement, the cases against Imran Khan, the Panama Case, NAB, Article 63-A, the Constitution, Supreme Court Rules, Elevation of Judges and Pakistan's legal crisis.
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:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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 Being Nawaz Sharif’s Lawyer and Pakistan’s Judicial Crisis
6:30 Truth and Accountability of the Judiciary
10:51 Iftikhar Chaudhry and the Lawyers Movement
17:00 Removing Yousouf Raza Gillani and Nawaz Sharif
22:00 Pressure on Judges and Judiciary
25:30 NAB
30:00 Interpretation of 63-A and the role of the Judiciary
42:00 Dissolution of the Assembly and 58 2(B)
52:30 The Legality and the Principle of Military Courts
58:30 Objectives Resolution and Understanding the Constitution
1:04:00 Basic Structure of the Constitution and how the Indian Supreme Court decided
1:11:30 Supreme Court Rules Act and the Order against it
1:21:00 Elevation to the Supreme Court
1:30:30 Supreme Judicial Council
1:31:50 Lawyers arguing and speaking on cases you are personally involved in
1:40:45 Audience Questions and Imran Khan’s cases

Nov 15, 2023 • 1h 8min
Demands of the Sindh Moorat March 2023- Shehzadi Rai - Trans Activist -TPE Live 016
Shehzadi Rai, a Trans Human Rights Activist, comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the demands of the Sindh Moorat March 2023
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:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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

Nov 14, 2023 • 34min
The Media is lying to you Hamas, Israel and Palestine - Destroying Myths - Part 1
A new series that looks to destroy the myths around Israel and Palestine, and respond to popular talking points on the media.
The first part of the series looks at 10 myths around Hamas, and everything that media is getting wrong about the issue.
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:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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
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Sources (Agree to Disagree with us, you have to acknowledge we put in a lot of effort into our videos, and we make sure we are honest about our work, and our sources, I don't know any other channel you puts us this much work in being this transparent about their sources and puts them out like this)
Books:
1.Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
2. Method and Madness: The Hidden Story of Israel's Assaults on Gaza by Norm Finkelstein
3. Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo by Seth Anziska
4. Hamas: Political Thought and Practice by Hroub, Khaled
Documentaries:
1. Born in Gaza (2014)
2. Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)
Papers:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00335630500157516
Reports:
1. Amnesty International - Operation Cast Led
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mde150212009eng.pdf
2. Amnesty International - Operation Protective Edge
https://amnesty.org.uk/gaza-operation-protective-edge
3. Human Rights Watch on Israel's Apartheid:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution
4. Amnesty International:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apartheid/
5. Amnesty International:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mde150212009eng.pdf
6. Amnesty International:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/mde151432002en.pdf
(Articles and Videos Sourced in the Pinned Comment on Youtube)
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:14 Myth 1: Israel-Palestine is Complicated
3:54 Myth 2: Hamas started the war on October 7th
12:00 Talking Point: Do you condemn Hamas?
16:18 Israel’s Playbook
17:45 Myth 4: This is about Hamas
20:41 What even is Hamas?
23:54 Myth 6: Hamas is ISIS
25:05 Myth 7: Hamas cannot be Trusted
27:15 The Hamas Charter
29:30 Myth 9: The people of Gaza are responsible for Hamas
31:00 Myth 10: Human Shields

Nov 8, 2023 • 2h 1min
The Left's Position on Palestine - Decolonization and Resistance - Ammar Ali Jan - #TPE 307
Does the Left Condemn Hamas?
Was the Palestine cause Secular?
How many people did the British kill in India during Colonialism?
Ammar Ali Jan comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Decolonization, British Exploitation of India, Pakistan, Palestine, Colonialism, Hamas, Collective Punishment, and the difference between the Left and Liberals, for a must watch episode of the podcast.
On this deep dive podcast we unpack Imperialism and violence, from testing Tear Gas on Indians to the Siege of Gaza, from Jalianwala Bagh to Israel bombing Palestine, we discuss systematic and structure violence and notions of Identity, Culture and Ressistance.
Ammar Ali Jan is a Historian, Academic, Activist and President of the Haqooq-e-Khalq party holding a PhD from Cambridge University.
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:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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 Far Right using the religious narrative for Palestine
5:45 Imperialism and Colonization
9:00 Palestine: Resistance and Decolonization from India to South America
17:00 PLO, PLFP and History of the Palestine Struggle
31:30 Ideas of Violence on the Left
34:00 Colonial Exploitation of India
50:00 Liberalism and Colonial Style of Governance
57:00 Violence, Fascism and Imperialism
1:07:00 Imperial Violence and Revolution
1:17:00 Painting Resistance as Violence to Dehumanize people
1:21:00 Creating the Colonial World Order
1:33:00 Identity Crisis and the Colonial Inferiorirty Complex
1:35:00 The Palestinian Identity and Culture
1:40:00 What the Palestine cause means for the world
1:47:30 Protesting in Pakistan
1:52:30 Audience Questions

Nov 4, 2023 • 2h 9min
Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan, 9th May, TTP and Afghan Refugees - Syed Muzammil Shah - #TPE 307
Anchor, Journalist and Thinker, Syed Muzammil Shah, comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the return of Nawaz Sharif and what it means for politics in Pakistan, on this episode we discuss Muzammil's experience at Bol TV, the Pressures on Mainstream Journalists, Imran Riaz Khan, 9th May, PTI's Miscalculation, the future of PML-N, Civilian Supremacy, PTM, Afghan Refugees, TTP and Syed Muzammil Shah answers all your questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpH-NsncOp4
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:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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 Experience at BOL TV and Pressures of Mainstream Media
5:30 Thoughts on PTI people now going against PTI
8:00 The Economy of Journalism and Youtubers supporting Political Parties
17:00 How bad is the censorship and political repression
20:00 9th May and PTI’s miscalculation
30:00 PTI is Pakistan Tehreek e Imran
35:00 IPP, PPP and Nawaz Sharif
40:00 I can never vote for PML-N
43:00 Anwar Kakkar and Caretaker Set up
45:00 Has Nawaz Sharif been selected?
50:00 Decline of Civilian Supremacy from 2017
57:00 Economic Degradation and Civil War
59:00 Intersectionality, PTM, Baloch and TTP
1:11:00 Afghan Regugees and Afghan History
1:23:40 is TTP back in the North of Pakistan?
1:28:50 Audience Questions

Oct 30, 2023 • 60min
Should India support Palestine or Israel? - Decolonization, 1857 and Hamas - Shehzad Ghias - #TPE
Responding to the Right Wing Propaganda and delving into the history of 1857 and the history of India-Palestine relations
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:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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 and Right Wing Propaganda
3:00 Decolonization of India and Violence
6:30 1857 and the Siege of Cawnpore
14:00 The Bhagat Singh Tweet and Propaganda of Hate Politics
22:00 Dehumanization of People
25:30 This is not a Religious War
28:00 Demonizing Religious Minorities, Otherization and Dehumanization
30:00 Pro Palestine is not Pro Hamas
31:30 Two Nation Theory and the Indian Right Wing
33:45 Religious Countries and the Primacy of the Religious Identity pushed by Colonialism
39:00 Jewish Right of Return to Israel
42:49 India, Pakistan and Palestine
46:30 Jews against Zionism
48:23 India’s historic support for Palestine
51:00 Stop spreading disinformation and fake news
53:30 Discussing Hamas
55:30 Stand with Palestine

Oct 29, 2023 • 1h 38min
What is the Pakistani Identity? - Adeel Afzal on Religion, Culture and Urdu - #TPE 306
What is the Pakistani Identity?
Is it religion? Is it Arab? Is it Indian?
Writer, Actor and Content Creator Adeel Afzal is comes back on the podcast to unpack the Pakistani Identity, from the state creating an identity on the basis of religion to people playing the religion card, on this deep dive podcast we discuss Forced Nationalization, Regional Identitities, Heer Ranjha, the National Anthem, Urdu, Allama Iqbal, and Punjab.
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:
https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1
https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience
https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience
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 Unpacking Identity and creating the Pakistani Identity
8:00 State Identity based on Religion and using the religion card
18:00 Religion, Culture and Discrimination
24:00 Forced Nationalization, Urdu and Imposed Narratives
37:00 Mazhar culture, Politics and Religion Card
46:00 Relegating regional languages and cultures
55:00 National Anthem and Haffez Jalandhari
1:00:00 Hockey, Cricket and Squash
1:04:00 Heer Ranjha and making Education for all
1:14:00 Imposing Identities and being disconnected from your own Identity
1:21:51 Gwadar and Economic Anxiety of the Baloch
1:28:30 Allama Iqbal and Poetry in the Sub-Continent
1:33:00 Conclusion


