Listened to with rapt attention though I am from India. The two of these have so much content and are presented with so much humor. All the best.

This should have been titled Cult of HATERS of Imran Khan

I am a baloch nationalist , this is the only pakistani show i watch regularly

First time in my life Iv watched a 3 hour long video that wasn’t a Bollywood flick. Thanks Shahzad for inviting NFP. I am one of those people who actually went from a Pak studies fuelled jazbati khah makhah ka Bharam baz Pakistani to a little balanced and sane student of history only because of NFP. I started following him since the good old days of “on the fringe” and he single handedly changed the way I thought about Pakistan, Islam etc. Have always wanted to meet him and this is as close as it can be. Thanks again my friend.

Nadeem paracha calls himself middle-class when he grew up in and still lives in Clifton 😂😂

NFP: Feudalism is dying. Nizam jokhio says otherwise and im more inclined to believe him rather than a jiyala. NFP: PPP were very smart coz they did nothing but connected Sindh to federal power and Karachi. Translation: by providing no governance and giving jobs to PPP favourites in center's debt ridden state owned enterprises (SOE) PPP has played a part in developing Sindh. What a way to turn PPP nepotism,absence of merit and contribution to destroying SOE's into a merit.

For your kind information,bengoli script is written in brahmi script where hindi is written in devnagri/sanskrit script, all costal indian stare, Thailand Myanmar combodia Laos Indonesia use different form of Brahmi script

If the people in Pakistan have heard the name of Munshi Prem Chand , considered the best story writer in Urdu as well as Hindi. " Shatranj Ke Khiladi " is a classic movie on his book .Butt I have never heard his name from any Pakstani TV channel or KZfaq ,or any literal discussion.

TPE's forum for intellectual discourse is a blessing for our ignorant society. Keep it up. We are proud of you Shehzad.🌟This podcast was truly insightful and spot on👍🌟

I've been following NFP for last 17 years - so good to finally hear him in a podcast. Thanks Shehzad!

nahi sir hum bilkul bore nahi hue, i could have easily watched it even it was for legit 200 hours, we have learnt a lot in these 3 hours, thank you, you two. keep this going! and yes we are expecting a second part.

Firstly, the term “mahajir” is just a status not a ethnicity. For example, my grandparents migrated from Allahabad, IN to Karachi, PA during the partition. They were real Mahajir in term of migration status but their ethnicity will still stay the same as Punjabi (Naga Jats). Overall, since we were born in Pakistan, that migration status does not apply to us now rather but our ethnicity (identity), nationality (Pakistani), and pity (relationship with Allah SWT).

I cancelled an event that i was supposed to go. just to watch this. Thanks Shehzad Bhai and NFP sir

You made most of NFP's presence! History, politics, journalism, current affairs... It is like a deal of food for thought of all these in just one sit of 3 hours. Thanks a bunch Shahzad for this podcast 🙏❤

Here is a suggestion Shehzad..you are a Sindhi and when you were talking about Muhazirs I started thinking about Sindhi refugees in India.Though they are more or less assimilated now but they must be facing challenges to preserve their language and culture here in India when they have no land of their "own".please talk to any distinguished Indian Sindhi about your shared heritage.That will be an interesting watch.Punjabis do that very often why not Sindhis

I need to stop to go to work but this is a reverting conversation. My life in US is totally peachy but this hurts me so much. Such a sad history. I used to read Paracha in the Smokers Corner in Dawn. So I am aware of his honest analysis. Shehzad is a new find for me. So I am going to learn a lot through Pakistan Experience.

have great respect for Paracha saab. however, him trivialising feudalism just because ppp heavily relies and supports feudals is extremely disappointing. feudalism is the biggest problem of sindh. most feudals are tribal too. you can imagine even sumerian and IVC societies had moved on from tribalism! you can imagine how backward sindh is due to wadero.

What a brilliant podcast. Shahzad you truly are one of a kind. There is no one in Pakistan who does the work that you do, who can ask the questions that you ask. Wish we had more people like that. Wish you all the best. Please keep you doing what you have been doing.

This becoming a very high quality podcast. Can’t recall one this engaging out of India.

59:25 for the longest time Karachi’s citizens have been asking for a functional local government. And for the last 15 years PPP has denied them that right, but instead of talking about the 15 year uninterrupted incompetent rule of PPP Ghias Sheikh is making a strawman argument. No one is specifically asking for a province for Karachi. Devolve all the rights to local bodies according to the 18th amendment. Very disingenuous podcast.

is podcast k bad ek bat samajh agai. Sindh government bohat zabardast hai, bohat behtareen log hain, naik log hain, kam bhi kerty hain, corruption ka to nam tak nahi suna in logon ne, interior sindh New York City se bhi behtar hai. Wah bhai Wah. Clapping. I am still standing saulting your thought process.

Hello Shehzad, Firstly I would really like to thank you for this interview. I was exposed to NFP this year via his talk at the literature festival, coming from an urdu speaking background and having lived outside Pakistan until I chose to move back 3 years ago I didn’t have much knowledge about the identity and history except the biases taught within our communities and the O,levels Pak studies syllabus. To unlearn and educate myself has been a journey on its own. It would really be amazing if you can address questions I have, your knowledge and understanding of our history is pretty balanced as well. 1) I wasn’t aware of the history NFP has with PPP, do you think there is a bias when it comes to his perception of PPP? 2) Having seen my parents root for Altaf Hussain in the early 90s and now supporting Imran Khan with the same enthusiasm, why hasn’t PPP been able to take on the upper middle class urdu speaking demographic? Imran khan with all his vices seems to be the only option for many because there is no faith in other parties. Are we to say that all the hype around the Zardari sahib and Bhutto family is a propaganda? With the kind of wealth they have, why is there no development in Sindh on a non-government level? Education? Medical? Or are we misinformed? 3) Why did the urdu speaking community feel marginalized? Wasn’t the quota system a reality in the 80s? Was there no discrimination? does it not still exist? Yes IK is problematic but what do the people have? Should we give PPP and PML-N a chance? I am married to a Peracha and there are many myths that I grew up that were broken by being married into Punjabi family. And in your opinion, do you think we are heading towards becoming a failed state?

Interview was amazing but how did he gave a clean chit to PPP that is also amazing.

Still not sure how IK's movement is fascistic or cult like in its orientation, these terms are thrown around far too much. They lose their analytical purchase after a while

Shahzad bhai it's the first time that I haven't skipped a single segment of your podcast. Thank you for uploading it on Google podcasts. Helps me enjoy your podcasts while I do my work and studies.

Excellent discussion. I just heard first time you guys, very well intellect dialect. Both gentlemen sober and thoughtful. Good to hear this discussion. 👌

Intellectual jiyala, starting with I am a mix of Sindhi and Punjabi, giving himself a clearance to be pro Sindhi, pro feudal, pro ppp, anti-establishment and obviously IK bashing is now every intellectuals basic ingredient. Trying to prove that we are all brains and masses are clueless.

Better to be polarised than to be a part of these corrupt circus politicians which we have tested for last three decades. Moreover, huge disappointment when I see this guest referring to Altaf Hussain as Altaf Bhai who is basically a murderer and one of the sole reason for this alarming and tragic condition of Karachi.

One of the most engaging and fascinating discussions I've seen in years. Thank you

I used to regularly follow his articles about contemporary politics in Dawn News paper. Thanks for inviting NFP.

Why are your podcast just against Imran khan you live in karachi ,Sindh just take a stroll around the city . I’m surprised u don’t utter a single word about incompetence of ppp and how this party has destroyed Pakistan . Yes ik may be competent and he might be not right choice but seriously I’m surprised educated people like you are just making things worse by not calling out reason thieves.

Pakistan identity crisis is real. People have hindu sirname like chaudhari,shah, Chauhan and they think their ancestors came from Arab or turkey😂😂

NFP sir is also a unsung hero, only found in Sunday Dawn ….

Loved the conversation. I used to read Nadeem Paracha's column regularly in Dawn and learned a lot about Pakistan. Willl have to restart reading.

i never thought i would watch the whole podcast ,it was very informative

Every minute was worth it. Every sentence was excellent. Looking forward to the next one

Please take the trouble of explaining how Mr. Bhutto was engineered by the establishment. It is true that he served under a military regime. However, he rose to great heights because of his own brilliance and intellect and was universally acknowledged. He formed a political party when he was outside the so called orbit and put Pakistan on the map of the world. It is crass injustice and a historical wrong to name Mr. Bhutto along with Nawaz and Imran.

This is what bias against IK does to even an intellectual like Piracha - it makes you think the aftermath from hanging bhutto in the '70s is going to be the same as hanging IK in 2022. It's a completely different world today.

Kia hi khoobsoorat episode the qasam se. Ab tu heerani hona bhi khatam ho gae hai k NFP jese guests ko mainstream media pe koi q nahi bulata aur unko kafi sari audience se introduce karwany ka credit bhi TPE ko hi jaata hai. NFP is a complete package. Thanks Shehzad for such a beautiful podcast.

I am a Pashtun nationalist,I like this show , but I respectfully disagree with this gentleman’s views of Imran khan. To me IK was one politician that existed the whole of country as one, and a hope that it can become a nation. But now the Pashtuns are about the only whole people that are behind him in his endeavor. But at the end of the day we are all glued together by a tether ,(army etc)I know Pashtuns are very different culturally and mentally than say Punjabis, Pakistan is not in the future map of the world ,as it’s designed to be broken apart into its natural organic entities.

OMG. Thank you so much Shehzad for bringing NFP here. We all really wanted this!!!!

Bro! I always enjoy the podcasts when writers, intellectuals and researchers are your guests because such podcasts augment my knowledge. This podcast was very useful. You should invite scholars from peripheries as well. For example, Shah Muhammad Marri from Balochistan and Pervesh Shaheen from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa can be invited.

That was way too short. I was glued to my seat listening to Paracha Saab, and I'm eternally grateful for this insightful discussion for broadening my perspective. Wonderful job as always Shezad, and please Part 2 Zia-ul-bugaloo soon 🙏🙏🙏🙏

As a historian it is sad to see that NFP did not track Imran Khan's political trajectory before Oct 30 2011 Jalsa in Lahore. Khan was no longer a one man party at that time and had a massive popular and political base in KPK and FATA because since 2003 he had bashed the America-Army alliance ... and put it in post 9/11 and 80s Afghan Jihad perspective , all on private media, like no other politician during the 2000s . These guys think that since Khan had no support in Karachi or rural Punjab therefore PTI was elevated by ISI Gen Gul, Pasha etc, but Khan and PTI were present on ground in KPK and Tribal areas , hence the 35 seats in 2013 elections and provincial victory in 2013. You think in 2013 people in KP would be stupid enough to vote back ANP , MMA JI, PMLN or PPP. They chose PTI for very specific ground realities and sadly this whole talk is devoid of serious understanding how people rally around a cause. NFPs past affiliation with PPP and the Left has created an inherent bias and in his world view ZAB and/or MNS had their own political identity and were not provided a platform by the Army . But in Imran Khan's case he was a nobody since 1996 and came out of now where in 2011. Nothing could be further from the truth and this podcast regurgitates the same thing over and over again.

3 hours watched your podcast but never bored for a single second.

Loved the podcast, so refreshing and informative. Found some great perspectives on many things.

Thank you so much for this episode. He's my favorite writer from pakistan so glad to listen to this conversation.

Imran Khan polarize krta hai lakin PMLN aur PDM k head Fazl ur Rehman sahab are beacon of democracy. PPP ki to bat hi na karen, wo dara dhamka k candidate hi bitha dete hain k kahin jeet hi na jaye.

NFP is a PPP apologist. A metropolis like Karachi with almost 30 million population whose majority is hostile to the party governing the City and don't want to be governed by them and the government itself is proving by its own actions that it doesn't care about the city. How can you disenfranchise so many people?

Awesome interview Shahzad and is always a pleasure to read and listen to NFP ❤️

Great conversation. A surprising observation was smoking in the studio in this day and age takes you back to old times. :-)

Wow it was really amazing to hear NFP for 3 hr straight, looking forward to the 10 episode series, do not agree with his political views but definitely a fan of his historical knowledge.

in 70+ years we are celebrating .... Water Pumps in Thar. WoW !!!

Nice to see Paracha after a long time. All his predictions about Imran Khan have come true. He was die hard critic of Niazis politics.

Brilliant podcast! Nadeem Paracha should start his own podcast on the modern history of Pakistan. Each one of these chapters should be a one-hour podcast. And there are many more topics to discuss. I bet it will be a big hit!

Bauht maza aya Shehzad. Bauht arsay se NFP ko sun'na chah raha tha. Thank you for creating insightful podcast.

Thank you so much for this podcast. It was so informative for so many reasons. Thank you conducting this podcast with Paracha sb. And I would thank Paracha sb that I found you channel Mr. Shahzad.

it was awesome...... i think, you guys have to start a detailed history podcast for every year before Pakistan and after Pakistan starts from 1900 till 2023

I blocked this channel but still comes in my auto Playlist. Anyone know why this happens. I have other blocked on my list but never pops

Please request Nadeem Sahab to come again and discuss the topics which were left out in today's podcast 🙏

Always love to hear NFP.. very thoughtful discussion

I will never be able to thank you enough Sir Shehzad. Another brilliant episode, keep it up. Waiting for the next one.

In My humble opinion , the very reason for this Identity crisis is one letter.... " S " . 1946 , when the words " Independent States " was changed to " Independent State " ..in the Pakistan Resolution

Pretty surprising bordering dishonesty that NFP did not mention the quota system in Sindh which has essentially removed urdu speaking people from federal and provincial bureaucracy and govt jobs. Furthermore AH was no match for IK in personality or charisma or ability to speak.

I'm muhajir and I love Imran Khan . I see Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Imran Khan .

You never acknowledge that Imran Khan is unique - a Pathan born in Lahore - admired and followed across Pakistan and globally for his myriad talents

he seemed a bit biased, or bigoted when talking abt sindhis. as a language sindhi is not helpful in any way possible in life, see any other province for example. As u said: Sindhi supremacist, that's what he sounded.

Belonging from a Jamati background and a no problem to call myself a fundamentalist and just studied NFP to know how secular see ourselves and what is their next move I still must say yarr bnday my dum to hy. This is the talk I recommend all jamatis/Mawdudiets to listen and all others should listen Worth it

Yea Ik ruined the youth but if these corrupt politicians worked on education things would be different. Seasoned politicians my as* why they care about future of bilawal or Mariam is Pakistan there family business ? What bs are u talking

It's mindblowing how you guys sat there and tried to portray NS and Zardari in a positive light by saying they moved on and thought abt the country's future lmao.

Mr jinnah was nothing more than a cunning Gujarati lawyer.

Nadeem Paracha is looking some benefit from PPP from his past affiliation if PSF. I’ll intention

Secularism is better described as "To you is YOUR Faith and to Me is MINE", as instructed by Allah in Quran to Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon Him, "L'kum Deen-a-Kum Wali-ad Deen".

Thanks you NFP for SMOKERS CORNER, it's been long love with DAWN.

At national level, we in Pakistan have no organized and updated national ARCHIVES on movies, dramas, songs, singers, personalities, life in general etc etc.

Bro, you're a changemaker. Keep up with the honest, intellectual discourse!

All 743 comments in favor and no disagreement tells more about whatever is happening here

If someone insists on staying silent, is it truly democracy.?

Sindhi were in minority for long time under Bombay presidency... until 1930 ...

Zia secured the support of the molvis and murshids in Sindh and sought to control the region in parallel. Thousands of people were killed, and those who attempted to intervene faced death, even being denied the right to perform funeral prayers. This led to widespread detest and had a significant negative impact on Pakistan.

سال 2011 سے قبل راوی چین ہی چین لکھ رہا تھا، پھر کپتان کو لانچ کردیا گیا۔ اس بعد 2011 سے 1947 تک سب کچھ بگڑ گیا😏

What a reminder, thanks a zillion for that: "Gorakh Dhanda" singer Nuset Fateh Ali Khan was a long poem by a local Naz Khialvi of TandlianWala , Faisalabad.

Great Nadeem Farooq Paracha. Keep up the good work.

When you use provocative language in the title, you essentially shut the door on any dialogue. By saying that IK supporters are part of a cult, you are reducing them to fanatic, unthinking drones. They would not want to listen to what you have to say if the title of the video itself denigrates them. This is how you polarize society.

This podcast is pure gem!

Please make another episode about the troubles between Sindhi and Muhajir Qaum and the slogan Sab se pehle Pakistan and the impact of General Musharraf and General Zia General Ayub and the fall of East Pakistan

Next level Fazul Podcast!

Request for the host: Often times both the host and guest refer to books, it would be great if you could add those to the description. Sometimes it's not entirely clear which particular text is being referred to in the conversation.

Let us remember history here. It was Bhutto who popularized Shalwar-Qamiz and called it Awami-Dress, like so many other things "Awami".

"Gorakh Danda" singer Nuset Fateh Ali Khan was a long poem by a local Naz Khialvi of TandlianWala , Faisalabad- great philosophy comparable to Shikwa-Jawab-e-Shikwa by Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal remembered as Iqbal Lahori by Persian speaking world.

Great great show. Thoroughly enjoyed it. What a well read and an intellectual Nadeem Farooq Paracha is.

I am very much impressed by your podcast Shehzad Bhai. More than the content, your podcast is a lesson for anyone on how to conduct a debate / interview / discussion.

One thing i disagree with that NFP didn’t talk about dynastic politics and the elite capture .

Excellent conversation

Shehzad Bhai Quota system par podcast krein..much needed to clear concept of Youth..who first started this quota system. zarur banayega..we karachiite desperately need to know reality

You refreshed my political science theories and wisdom

شہزاد بھائی ۔ ندیم صاحب واقعی بہت نایاب ہوتےہیں ٹی وی، یہاں تک کہ کسی بھی یوٹیوب چینل پر نہیں دیکھا۔ توآپ کے پوڈکاسٹ میں نے انکی تصوریر دیکھتے ہی بہت ایکسائٹ محسوس کیا۔ میں انکے کالمز کا عادی تھا ۔ ایک نشہ تھا کہ ہر اتوار کو میں کسی بھی حال میں انکا کالم ہرگز نہیں چھوڑسکتاتھا۔ بڑے عرصے تک میں نے انکے کالمز اپنے ایک فائل کلیکشن میں چپکائے۔ انکی ساری تحریریں وہ تھیں جن سے مجھے خاص حد تک لگاو ہے تو ہم تو چاہیں گے کہ ہر مہینے کیا ہر ھفتے انکی گفتگو سنیں چاہے کتنی بھی لمبی ہو اگر انکے پاس وقت ہو۔

Was it ethically justified to “اب بڑی دھوم سے اردو کا جنازہ نکلے”۔؟ And living in Sindh what was wrong with teaching Sindhi language in school? And now look at Punjabis willing to give up Bhulley Shah and dozens like him. We have seen Iqbal and Faiz not using their language to use their poetic skills. I empathise with Punjabi middle class.

No wonder he is a good writer especially his famous dawn article in the history of Pakistani cricket that was true picture of Pakistani cricket

I really want a big channel or i pray that netflix hires u as a producer and a host… dude u r not a vlogger or a normal podcaster…. U deserve something else