In this gripping NWH podcast, host Ali Warsi sits down with renowned historian Dr. Tahir Kamran to untangle Pakistan’s turbulent political evolution, from the rise of religious movements like TLP to the hidden hands shaping street agitation, sectarian politics, and state power.

Drawing on his groundbreaking 2024 book Chequered Past, Uncertain Future, Dr. Kamran exposes how Pakistan’s political culture has been engineered, manipulated, and repeatedly diverted from its organic roots.

This conversation reveals the uncomfortable truths behind mob politics, the weaponization of religion, and the deep structures that have shaped Pakistan’s modern history.

Chapters:

1:00 Views on TLP phenomenon, mob violence in Pakistan

7:56 Muridke incident, Saad Rizvi, Transformation of Deobandis, Swat-e-Azam, Sectarian Groups