The Pakistani Stories The Pakistani Stories

As Ertugrul sweeps across the landscape of Pakistani entertainment scene, apart from success, it also managed to instigate some hilarious reaction in different sections of the society! In this bonus episode of the Pakistani Stories, we discuss the broader debate about the cultural 'invasion' and of course our moral policing!

As the debate around the comments made by Maulana Tariq Jameel split the opinions we discuss the reactions and try to grasp the implications and underlying factors giving rise to those reactions.

We live in an interesting era- an era of globalization when national identities are either being questioned or being vigorously defended. Join us in our episode as we try to question the fundamentals of our national identity and search what, if any, is the Pakistani identity.

Guest: Amaan Tareen

Cricket, controversies and Indo-Pak relations! From Wasim's role in match-fixing, the monkey gate saga to the BCCI, we talk it all with our first international guest, Mr Dennis Freedman, an Australian satirist/ writer/ journalist. He is also the Ex host of the Podcast named Cant Bowl Cant Throw and famous for cracking jokes about your favourite cricketers (so watch out)! Some know him with the name of #bloodygora; Some with Dennis does cricket; Some with Khala Jora song!

‘Log kia kahain gay’ What will people say! Must be one of a few lines every desi growing up must have heard once! Join us in this fun-filled episode as we try to navigate through the intricacies of society that gives rise to the expression, its consequences and potential remedies. 

For the episode, we are joined by our guest Mohsin, a Digital Health Expert from Lahore, Pakistan.

In this podcast, we bring you the candid discussions with our guest from discussing Canadians to conspiracy theories to interfaith marriages, This also ends our Quarantine talks. 

Guest: M. Saad Abdullah