Notes on a Scandal

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Trailer 2 - Season 2: The State vs Shahnaz Gul Jul 19, 2022

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A trailer for the upcoming second season of Notes on a Scandal: The State vs Shahnaz Gul.

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Trailer - Season 2: The State vs Shahnaz Gul Jul 14, 2022

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A trailer for the upcoming second season of Notes on a Scandal: The State vs Shahnaz Gul.
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English / Urdu headlines by Mina Malik, a writer and poet based in Lahore who dreams of treading the boards.
Recitation of Mustafa Zaidi's verses, courtesy Zaheer Alam Kidwai

Missing Verses Apr 12, 2022

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In the season finale, we discuss the various influential men who were reportedly connected to the case, and why everyone cast around for suspects. We discuss the theories around Mustafa's death and Shahnaz's involvement, and why almost every theory has one gaping hole that can't be explained.

Murder, He Wrote Mar 20, 2022

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The police investigate — and arrest a suspect in the death of Mustafa Zaidi. Later in the episode, we analyse the various theories of how Mustafa’s death could have been murder.
This episode features verses by Mustafa Zaidi, recited by author and translator Bilal Tanweer.

Tick Tock Mar 05, 2022

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We retrace, hour by hour, the events leading up to Mustafa Zaidi's death on October 12, 1970, and discuss a significant, highly-debated comment made by Mustafa in the days before he passed away.

Summer of Love Feb 18, 2022

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We look at Shahnaz Gul and Mustafa Zaidi's relationship based on Mustafa Zaidi’s perspective, as seen through anecdotes and statements by his friends. We also revisit the crime scene -- fifty years later.
This episode features Mustafa Zaidi's poetry, recited by Sheema Kermani.

There's Something About Shahnaz Feb 10, 2022

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Advisory: This episode includes mentions of suicide and suicidal ideation. Listener discretion is advised.
We take a look at Shahnaz Gul and Mustafa Zaidi's relationship from the perspective and statements of Shahnaz Gul in the days and months after the scandal broke out into the open.

This episode features Mustafa Zaidi's poetry as recited by Sheema Kermani. At the end of the episode, you can hear a clip from a poetry recital featuring Mustafa Zaidi, courtesy Zaheer Alam Kidwai.

Strangers in the Night Jan 23, 2022

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We introduce Shahnaz Gul, the mysterious and much-maligned woman at the centre of the events of Mustafa Zaidi's death. In the late 1960s, Shahnaz and her husband Saleem moved to Karachi... and into the arms of Pakistan's cosmopolitan, swinging elite.

Closed Doors Dec 24, 2021

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In 1970, phones begin ringing across Karachi as word spreads that Mustafa Zaidi is dead. Fifty years later, Tooba and Saba find the house where Mustafa died.

Death of a Poet Dec 10, 2021

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We introduce the life of the late poet and government officer Mustafa Zaidi, whose mysterious death in Karachi, Pakistan in 1970s caused an explosive scandal.

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