Art and Religious Hypocrisy in Pakistan: A Discussion with Adeel Afzal - #TPE 358

Writer, Actor and Content Creator Adeel Afzal is comes back on the podcast for a pure fire episode of The Pakistan Experience where we discuss the controversy between Sohail Ahmed and Aftab Iqbal, lay bare the religious hypocrisy present in Pakistan and break down the idea of Art and Culture in our country.

On this week's episode, we discuss Aftab Iqbal's Mentality, Industry kay Babay, Amanullah's Talent, Bulleh Shah, Political Appointments, Poetry, Teaching Children Civic Sense, Religious Youtubers, Ramazan Shows and a lot more!

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Chapters:
0:00 Sohail Ahmed vs Aftab Iqbal
18:00 Industry kay babay - why can they not be criticized?
24:00 Jhughatain, Bhand and Amanullah
34:58 Aftab Iqbal's Mentality, Pakistan's Babu Class and Promotion of Urdu
43:00 We don't promote local Art
50:34 Bulleh Shah and Babu Soch
58:20 Qasim Ali Shah and Political Appointments
1:03:28 Abusing Politicians and Favourites of the State
1:10:00 Understanding Poetry in Pakistan
1:16:00 Teaching Children in Pakistan and Civic Sense
1:27:00 Punjab Police and Bhawalnagar
1:28:50 Faisalabad Incident
1:30:56 Religious Hypocrisy, Sahil Adeem and Gaza
1:55:00 Conclusion