{"podcast":{"title":"The Pakistan Experience","slug":"the-pakistan-experience-1064287","podcast_index_feed_id":1064287,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d124a00/podcast/rss","website_url":"Youtube.com/c/Thepakistanexperience","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/2093024/2093024-1608298531931-030235f8c205f.jpg","author":"The Pakistan Experience","episode_count":850,"summary":"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","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T00:20:17.762914+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pakistan-experience-1064287"},"episode":{"title":"The Political History of Pakistan and the Establishment - Mazhar Abbas - #TPE","slug":"the-political-history-of-pakistan-and-the-establishment-mazhar-abbas-tpe","published_at":"2026-06-21T01:03:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pakistan-experience-1064287/the-political-history-of-pakistan-and-the-establishment-mazhar-abbas-tpe","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pakistan-experience-1064287","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepakistanexperience/episodes/The-Political-History-of-Pakistan-and-the-Establishment---Mazhar-Abbas---TPE-e3l244e","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d124a00/podcast/play/121753166/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-21%2F426526671-44100-2-c6297d325cd3c.mp3","summary":"Mazhar Abbas is a prominent Pakistani journalist, senior analyst, and staunch advocate for press freedom, born on July 6, 1958. Known for his extensive 27-year career, he currently works with Geo News and Daily Jang, previously holding senior roles at ARY News and serving as the secretary-general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. 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/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe 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/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/joinChapters: 0:00 Chapters2:00 Vote of No Confidence, Military vs Democracy 7:00 Benazir Bhutto 19:05 Imran Khan22:19 Sindh and PPP28:00 Electoral politics vs non-electoral politics 30:42 PPP and Political Victimization 35:00 Political Process and Establishment controlling politics44:00 Charter of Democracy 54:33 Altaf Hussain, MQM, Imran Farooq and Azeem Tariq1:12:30 MQM and Muhajir Representation 1:28:10 Establishment, Political Parties and the political process 1:40:25 People suffered for supporting PPP and political culture1:48:40 Journalism, abusing Zia ul…","meta_description":"Mazhar Abbas is a prominent Pakistani journalist, senior analyst, and staunch advocate for press freedom, born on July 6, 1958. Known for his extensive 27…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8815,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-pakistan-experience-1064287/episodes/the-political-history-of-pakistan-and-the-establishment-mazhar-abbas-tpe/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pakistan-experience-1064287/the-political-history-of-pakistan-and-the-establishment-mazhar-abbas-tpe.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}