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The Pakistan Experience

The Pakistan Experience

Written by: Shehzad Ghias Shaikh
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 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 ShaikhCopyright Shehzad Ghias Shaikh Social Sciences
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  • PTM, Pashtun Rights and the Philosophy of Non-Violence - Gulalai Ismail - Activist - TPE #169

    PTM, Pashtun Rights and the Philosophy of Non-Violence - Gulalai Ismail - Activist - TPE #169
    May 9 2022
    Gulalai Ismail is a Pashtun human rights activist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. She is the chairperson of Aware Girls, a global ambassador for Humanists International, and a supporter of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). She speaks on the subject of promoting peace and women's empowerment at conferences internationally, and is the recipient of the International Humanist of the Year Award, the Chirac Prize for Conflict Prevention, and the Anna Politkovskaya Award.  Gulalai comes on the podcast to discuss PTM, Pashtun Rights, the Philosophy of Non-Violence, Separatism, Fata's inclusion, Identity based resistance, patriarchy and identities. Does Non-Violence work? What are the issues of people on the periphery?  Why did people support Drone attacks? 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 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 The Philosophy of Non-Violence 5:00 Dealing with Militancy and Militant Organizations 19:00 FATA's inclusion in KP 24:00 People on the periphery and Identity based resistance 39:30 Sub-Identities and the National Identity 44:45 Separatism and Borders 1:00:50 Imran Khan called for Gulalai's release 1:05:30 Masters in International Human Rights 1:09:30 Pashtun Culture and Patriarchy 1:15:30 Patriarchy in PTM 1:18:30 Dealing with Grief 1:19:30 Afghan Taliban and the Shackles of Slavery 1:20:50 Child Marriages 1:22:50 Trans Issues in KP 1:24:30 Pashtun Politics and Women Empowerment 1:26:00 Ashraf Ghani's Government 1:27:10 Drone Attacks 1:31:40 PTM and Anti-military politics 1:38:00 Closing Remarks
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • TPE Eid Milan Party - Live with Audience Members - TPE Live VIII

    TPE Eid Milan Party - Live with Audience Members - TPE Live VIII
    May 8 2022
    Mariam Shafqat Goraya and Sajeer Shaikh join us for our TPE Eid Milan Party, where audience members join us! 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/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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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy answers all your Questions and Controversies - TPE #168

    Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy answers all your Questions and Controversies - TPE #168
    May 4 2022
    Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and activist who serves as a professor at the Forman Christian College and previously taught physics at the Quaid-e-Azam University. Hoodbhoy is also a prominent activist in particular concerned with promotion of freedom of speech, secularism, scientific temper and education in Pakistan.  Pervez Hoodbhoy comes on for a special episode of The Pakistan Experience where he answers all your questions and addresses all the controversies.  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        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 Dr Atta ur Rehman and Bentham Science Publishers 10:30 Why are you not writing articles anymore? 12:00 String Theory 13:40 Advice on becoming a physicist  14:30 How to stop teaching pseudoscience 16:00 Advice to young people on the place of religion in their lives 21:30 Responding to Dr Zaheer at LUMS 24:30 The debate with Dr Asad: Islam and Science 37:00 SNC 41:00 The problems with our students 46:00 The Pakistani diaspora 50:00 The Hijab Controversy 54:00 Banning of interest 55:30 How do we encourage scientific thinking in Pakistan 1:05:50 James Webb Telescope and the Inflationary Theory of the Universe 1:07:30 Why doesn't he move abroad? 1:08:00 If you are made head of HEC? 1:10:30 Dr Abdus Salam 1:14:30 Curbing Religious Fundamentalism 1:18:30 Cults, Conspiracy Theories and Imran Khan 1:25:30 Gravitational Waves 1:27:00 Black Holes 1:28:00 Theory of Relativity 1:29:00 Mathematical Education in Pakistan 1:31:30 Why are Pakistanis not getting admissions in Ivy Leagues 1:34:40 Kya ye mulk Science kee importance samjhay ga? 1:36:00 Education Content 1:38:10 Eqbal Ahmed 1:40:00 What led you away from Marxism 1:42:00 Elite Capture 1:43:50 Why can't Pakistan make IIT? 1:45:30 Electricity from Jihns 1:46:00 BJP reviving Vedic Sciences 1:48:30 Home Schooling 1:50:20 How do you stay fit!1
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    1 hr and 52 mins
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