The Pakistan Experience

Over the past week, we have seen certain media narratives being sold where Israelis are "killed' but Palestinians simply die. We have seen a lot of propaganda and lies, especially a big lie that has been told to manufacture consent for war. In this video we break it all down, from BBC to CNN, from the Gaza Hospital Strike to Hamas, From October 7th to IDF, and from Pro-Palestine rallies to Anti-Semitism. This is why Israel needed a big lie - to justify what they are doing: 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 Striking Hospitals, Civilian Targets and Collective Punishment 5:00 Media campaign to defend Israel's War Crimes and Dehumanizing Palestinians 9:00 Manufacturing Consent, Power of Language and Filters of Controls 14:30 Timeline of events of the Ah-Ahli Hospital strike, Fake News and Retractions 22:00 Why Israel needed a "Big Lie" 30:44 Israel releasing a fabricated audio as evidence 33:09 Hamas's Rockets vs Israel's strikes 36:30 IDF's previous lies, Media Manipulation and Lack of Contextualization 39:00 But Hamas, The need for Dehumanization and Anti-Semitism 44:00 Pro Palestine Protests around the world

Shehzad Malik, the creator of The Shehzad Show, comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Mental Health, Anxiety, Gen-Z, Vlogging, Content Creation, Instagram Reels and growing up 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 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 Kaisay ho Shehzad? - Finding your voice as a Content Creator 6:00 Brands and Sponsorship 10:30 Started Vlogging when I was 9 - Journey of Content Creation 18:00 Bullying and Online Criticism 21:00 Mental Health, Anxiety and Incel Attacks 28:30 School Stories and Listening to Children 40:15 The idea of home, Culture Shock and Dear Karachi 46:30 Joking about trauma, Being dank and GEN Z 54:00 Podcasts, Depression and Mental Health 1:12:00 Bo Burnham: Inside and Relatability with Content 1:21:00 Instagram Reels and Going Viral 1:31:00 Aaj kal kya kar rahay hain? And Sorry Houston

Nayyab Ali is a Pakistani human rights defender, transgender activist and social scientist with ten years of experience in working on gender equality, livelihoods and economic empowerment. One of the writers of the Transgender Bill, Nayyab Ali, comes on The Pakistan Experience to address all the controversies against the bill, talk about hate propaganda, life for the Transgender Community in Pakistan and facing an Acid Attack for her activism. 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 Transgender Protection Bill 10:30 Life for the Transgender Community in Pakistan and Hate Propaganda 38:00 Provocative debates destroying the real issues 46:50 Pedophilia in Pakistan and laws against Homosexuality in Pakistan 53:00 Self Identification Issue 1:03:30 People spreading propaganda on the misuse of Law 1:09:30 Nayyab Ali's Life and facing Acid Attack

Contextualizing the current war between Israel and Palestine. 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 British Colonialism and the Holocaust 6:00 Phase 1: The Creation of Israel 13:50 Phase 2: The Nakbah 19:50 Phase 3: 1967 and the Six Day War 25:00 Phase 4: The Oslo Accords 29:00 Phase 5: The Reality of Israel-Palestine 42:00 Contextualizing the current Israel-Palestine war

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*Trigger Warning* Discussion of GBV Barrister Haya Emaan Zahid, CEO of the Legal Aid Society. Haya comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Pakistan Legal System, Delays in cases, The Legal Aid Society, Fatima's case, GBV, Recordings of FIRs, Cases of Assault, and how they are dealt with, Jails, and Legal Reform. (The Camera stopped recording my angle after 25-30 minutes so we only have one angle for this podcast. Apologies for the mishap) Haya Emaan Zahid is a Barrister-at-Law with more than 13 years of experience working as a legal empowerment professional. She is nominated by the Government of Sindh as a legal expert for the Committee for the Welfare of Prisoners ( a committee that has been providing legal aid, assistance and empowerment to prisoners in Sindh since 2004). She has been working within the prison landscape both at the grass roots and policy level having made key contributions to reforming prison legislation in Sindh in 2019. Haya has worked as a special assistant/ co-opted member for federal government committees notified to improve the situation of prisoners across Pakistan. Haya has remained a member of the Sindh Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission , National Commission on the Status of Women and is currently serving as Board Member of the Legal Aid and Justice Authority. She is a founding member of the Legal Aid Society where her she oversees programming on legal empowerment, strengthening the state’s response to sexual and gender based violence, protection of minorities and building resilience in flood affected communities. 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 3:30 Legal Journey of Haya Emaan Zahid 9:00 Legal Aid and the journey of Legal Aid Society 19:00 Police stopping people and the role of Freedom 23:20 The Fatima case, Delaying Tactics and Issues in the System 33:50 Litigation against the State and Protection of Religious Minorities 42:00 Floods and The priorities of the State 49:30 Opportunities for reform and hope in the system for change 1:00:00 Pakistanis losing hope and time for the system to change 1:07:00 How other provinces can use the Legal Aid model 1:11:00 Delays in cases and Frivolous Litigation 1:18:00 Recording of FIRs and Cases of GBV 1:23:00 Trigger Warning: Cases of Assault 1:35:30 Building consensus in the system around issues 1:39:30 Trigger Warning: System, Punishment and Deterrence 1:44:00 Audience Questions

Suneel Munj is the Co-Founder of Pakwheels, Suneel comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss his favourite cars, the journey of Pakwheels, Entrepreneurship, Learning from Failures, Taxation, Government, The Automobile Industry, Electric Cars, Inconsistent Auto Policies, and why the Viva/Carfirst model did not work 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 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 Entrepreneurship and Story of Pakwheels 11:20 Learning from Failures in Business 15:30 The making of Pakwheels and the Financial Model 25:00 The prices of cars, The Car Industry and OWN 33:00 Government, Systems and Policies 38:45 The Automobile Industry and Policies 50:00 The road to Locally Manufactured Cars, Taxation and Filing 57:00 Valuation, Funding and Path to Profitability of Pakwheels 1:02:00 Why VIVA Cars and CarFirst didn’t work in Pakistan 1:06:00 Audience Questions

Jawad Ahmad is a Pakistani pop singer and musician. He is also a politician and the Chairman of Barabri Party in Pakistan. Jawad Ahmad comes on The Pakistan Experience for a deep dive podcast on his politics and the nature of class politics in Pakistan. In this episode we discuss, Jawad Ahmad's music career, Rivalry with Abrar-ul-Haq, Imran Khan's Politics, the Military, Quaid-e-Azam, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pervez Musharraf, and more. 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 Why Jawad Ahmad left Singing 13:00 Rivalry with Abrar ul Haq 16:15 Religious Beliefs and the Media Industry 24:00 Artists supporting Pervez Musharaf 30:00 Politics, Democracy and Dictatorship 41:00 The Role of the Individual in History and Jawad Ahmad’s Politics 1:05:00 The Left, The Boys and Class Politics 1:17:00 Making political compromises and Popular Politics 1:25:00 Imran Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and the Left 1:36:00 Audience Questions

The kind of conversation The Pakistan Experience was created for, Osama Zaman comes on to discuss how we get the conversation around Drugs wrong, how addiction needs to be understood, and how society needs to treat addicts. On this deep dive podcast, Osama Zaman goes into the details of his journey with Heroin addiction, how we got addicted, withdrawal, rehab, relapse and recovery. 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 Conversation around Drugs 8:00 Addiction and treatment of Addicts 15:00 Meth 22:00 My journey with Drug Addiction 42:00 Rehab, Withdrawal and Relapse 1:07:30 OD, Rock Bottom and Recovery 1:18:20 Therapy and Trauma 1:24:40 Listening, helping and Identity 1:36:00 Politics and Wokeism

Atif Mian, a Pakistani-American economist, discusses the economic reality of Pakistan, including the instability and unhealthiness of the current economic system. They explore the significance of leadership and political parties, the financial implications of selling Pakistan's assets, and the importance of long-term thinking. They also delve into the pros and cons of loans and cash handouts, the need for balancing the current account and energy transition, and potential areas of growth for Pakistan's economy.