The Pakistan Experience

With everybody talking about the Economy, Default and Inflation - Economist Ammar Habib Khan comes on TPE to break down all these concepts for you in a way that everyone can understand. Ammar simplifies the most complex ideas; where we are, what went wrong and what we need to do. Ammar Habib Khan has a Masters in Macroeconomic Policy, he is a Risk Manager and Energy Economist. Will Pakistan default? How to fix the Economy? Why the Sehat Card failed? Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience 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/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://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 intro 01:06 Barcelona & Karachi and what it means to Default 14:26 lack of talent & brain drain, IMF agreement, Ishaq Dar & fuel subsidy 24:04 Russian Oil, inefficiency and gas prices, CNG policy 33:32 Water distribution issues & inefficient use, the textile industry and industrial policy & concessions 41:53 Govt intervention & elite capture, learning from mistakes, real estate & overheating the economy, gdp growth rates and number fudging 55:31 Amazon, incentive to produce, Pakistan’s branding, banks & risk/return, SME financing and low income housing scheme 1:04:30 Sehat Card, formalizing the economy and demonetizing currency, banking in Pakistan and India’s demonetization policy 1:22:35 keeping cash, UPI, Raast, incentivizing, and loan shark apps 1:27:15 Q&A

Mani comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Media Industry in the last two decades, from the launch of Indus Vision to the current Film Industry, Mani has seen it all, and has opinions about it too. On this deep dive episode, we discuss Sab Set Hai, the Azfar Mani Show, Pakistan Hockey, Covering the 2005 Earthquake, PSP, PTI Karachi, MQM, Online Controversies and Celebrity culture. Salman Saqib Sheikh, credited as Mani, is a Pakistani actor, politician and host. Mani is mostly known for his comic roles. He started his career as an anchor and first roadshow host before becoming a sitcom and comedy actor. He is known for his roles in Meri Teri Kahani, Sab Set Hai and Streets. Mani also hosted the Azfar-Mani show on the Radio. 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/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://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 intro 01:14 Innovation, career in hosting and moving into acting, censoring content, road shows and becoming popular 11:15 Indus Vision, Sab Set Hai, fake phadday, dealing with complaints, Azfar Bhai and snapchat 19:29 not being attracted to other performers, starting out, acting a celebrity, Fawad Khan, lack of mega stars in Pakistan and Atif Aslam 33:12 Kaam main paisa, cliched commercials, impossibly hypocritical standards for women, and understanding racial identities 41:30 Why overseas Pakistanis love IK, Mani’s early days as a PTI fan, Karachi’s unfair treatment, the Police, and corruption & theft 57:17 Remittances & overseas Pakistanis, Mani’s love for Hockey, sports in Pakistan, needing icons and heroes and treating sports like a science 1:18:45 intolerance and Pakistan’s international perception & treatment of minorities 1:23:26 Karachi, MQM & Altaf bhai, moving into acting and content, choosing who to pick on 1:33:22 the fear of unconventional professions, Mani’s student life and cheating tips, thinking about “log kya kahen ge”, his investments 1:44:46 Hira Mani and having a successful spouse, planning careers, working hard, building their own signature, and jealousy for success 1:57:00 Mani’s work during the earthquake and the charity from Karachi 2:09:22 Q&A

People who do not regularly follow Politics in Pakistan do not understand how politics, and corruption, works in the country. The narrative that "Imran Khan may not be the smartest person or a farishta but is not corrupt" really needs to be challenged, and facts and evidence needs to be shown to show how the elites have captured Pakistan, and corruption is endemic in the country. Here are 6 layers that explore this very idea - is Imran Khan financially corrupt? 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/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://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

Husain Haqqani is the author of 4 books, The Director of South and Central Asia at Hudson Institute and the Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States of America and Sri Lanka. Husain Haqani comes on The Pakistan Experience to clear the air about the conspiracy theories surrounding his role in the Vote of No Confidence against Imran Khan. On this deep dive podcast, we discuss the Bajwa Doctrine, Corruption, Lobbying, US-Pak Relations, The use of Religion in Politics, India, Modi, Hindutva, Populism, Trade with India, Qazi Faez Isa 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/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://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 0:58 Conspiracy Theories about Husain Haqani’s role in Imran Khan’s ouster 15:30 Corruption and Lobbying in the USA 20:30 Why did General Bajwa stop supporting Imran Khan? 29:30 Does USA undermine Democracy in Pakistan? 39:00 Decency and the use of religion in Politics 46:30 India, Modi and Hindutva 54:00 Populism,Focus on Cultural Issues by Populists and Elite Politics 1:00:00 The role of Establishment in Politics in Pakistan 1:07:00 The original sins of Pakistani politics 1:11:00 Reliance on American Aid 1:14:00 Relations and Trade with India 1:15:37 Qazi Faiz Isa 1:18:40 Blackwater, the F-16 Deal and Photoshopped Pictures 1:26:30 How to unlearn dogma 1:29:30 Conclusion

Pakistan Lost is a series of audio essays on history exploring the choices that were made that impacted millions of people for decades to come. Episode 3 of the series looks the meeting between Quaid-e-Azam and the Sikh community to see if they would join the Muslims for the demand of a separate homeland. You can watch Episode 1 on the Lahore Resolution here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HVcorSr-vM 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/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://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

Explaining the current crisis at the Supreme Court, How we got here and What will happen now. 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/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://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

Tahir Imran Mian is an award-winning investigative Journalist & ex Social Media Editor for BBC Urdu. Tahir consults and reports on Aviation. Tahir Imran Mian comes on The Pakistan Experience to expose how Ghulam Sarwar Khan cost Pakistan 2 billion dollars by making a false claim about Pakistani pilots having fake licenses after the PIA Crash. Watch who all was involved in the conspiracy and how the Pakistani aviation was destroyed deliberately and maliciously. 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/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://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 Ghulam Sarwar Khan's claims about fake licenses 5:15 The meeting with Imran Khan 7:30 The issue with licenses 10:15 The PIA Crash was Pilot Error 14:30 Ghulam Sarwar Khan's Speech, Virgin Atlantic and Zulfi Bukhari 21:30 Corruption Charges and destroying Local Airlines 29:00 Issues with Pilots 37:30 Destroying the Aviation Industry 42:00 Why keep PIA? 48:00 Is Overstaffing the main problem with PIA? 53:00 How much did Ghulam Sarwar Khan's mistake cost Pakistan? 1:02:00 PIA's safety record 1:07:45 MH370

Azfar Ali a Karachi-based director and TV artist behind some of the most groundbreaking Pakistani TV productions of recent times, including TBH, Sab Set Hai, Dreamers and Daira. Azfar was also the Vice-President of ARY Muzik. Azfar Ali comes on The Pakistan Experience for a detailed discussion on everything wrong with our media industry, we discuss producing for TV, working with Angelina Jolie, Radio, PEMRA, being banned, The Mani-Azfar show, Bollywood, Indus Vision, Seinfeld, Karachi, The YouthThe Creative Process, Burnout and why channels are always looking for formulas instead of giving creatives freedom. 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/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://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 Intro 01:11 How people talk in Pakistani dramas, Sab Set Hay and his inspirations, Amir Khan & Seinfeld 10:18 Becoming a filmmaker, writing stories & his process, and understanding what’s important 20:56 Studying design, individuality & formulae, Azfar’s early life, living in Germany and communal showers 32:19 Education in Pakistan, growing audiences, and uniqueness of social media 43:03 Working with creatives, doing unusual work, the finances of making quality content and how women are seen in the field 56:33 Delayed payments, milking shows too long, doing new things, getting banned, forming a political party and “I love Karachi” tees 1:06:44 Burnout, becoming ARY VP, sitcoms, more money in Soaps, poor comedy talent 1:17:23 Big comedy actors & Waqar Zaka’s story 1:27:25 Aag TV, money being circulated around the same TV, his experience with direction and depression 1:39:31 How TBH was made, Tabish, Ali Abdullah and I Don’t Know, why we’re wasting talent like Mustafa Chaudhry 1:50:01 Availability perceptions, Fawad Khan and getting work, and the House of Shehzad 1:53:59 Q&A

TPE's Book of the month was Hussain Haqqani's 'Between the Mosque and the Military' - in this video we discuss the first three chapters of the book. The third and last part of the series looks at the lost decade of the 90s. CORRECTION: Ghulam Ishaq Khan is Taimur Jhagra's Nana not Dada. Watch the first episode in this three part series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDqAxVwTTp0 Watch the second episode in this three part series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqoUvVAurx0 Watch the podcast with Hussain Haqqani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1whXAXmn9A&t=0s Essay on Musharraf's legacy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Uzgx1x8mE 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/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://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

Nishant Tanwar,also known as 'Joke Singh' and 'Rider OP' is an Indian Stand up Comedian and actor. Nishant Tanwar comes on the podcast to discuss the Indian Stand-up Comedy Culture, Shahrukh Khan, Zakir Khan, Doing Stand-up in Hindi, Pakistani Cricketers on Youtube, Meeting Pakistanis, Indian Food, NDTV, Meme reacts and Tanmay Bhatt. 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/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://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 Intro 1:30 Indian Stand-up Comedy Culture 5:00 Celebrity Culture in India 11:00 Zakir Khan and Tahastu 13:30 Stages of Indian Stand-up Comedy 18:00 Switching to Hindi Stand-up Comedy 20:30 Making videos of performances 24:30 Money in Stand-up Comedy 27:15 Pakistani cricketers on Youtube 30:15 Meeting Pakistanis and Indians 34:20 Indian Food 39:50 Polarization and the Media 43:00 Working as a Producer at NDTV 48:00 Paparazzi in India and Shahid Afridi 55:20 Comparison of TV with Youtube and Corporate Shows 1:01:30 Working on Material and deciding what you want to say with your comedy 1:07:50 Audience Questions