MQM, PPP, JI: The Politics of Karachi and the History of Pakistan - Nadeem Farooq Paracha - #TPE 239

The Pakistan Experience · Jan 25, 2023 · 3h 6m

Nadeem Farooq Paracha comes back on The Pakistan Experience for a conversation that might be too honest for most people to swallow; in a thorough analysis of Karachi, Karachi's politics, and the history of Pakistan, Nadeem Farooq Paracha shows why the local body election results came as no surprise. In this deep dive podcast, we discuss PPP, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Zia-ul-Haq, JI, MQM, Karachi's politics, the use of religion, election science, the role of the media, the erasure of Bangladesh and NFP answers your questions. Did the Pakistani bureaucracy try and not hold elections after 1947? What…