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'''Javed Jabbar''' ([[Urdu language|Urdu]]: ''' جاوید جبار ''' ) (www.javedjabbar.net) has distinctions in diverse fields. He is a public intellectual who resides in Karachi, Pakistan and contributes to leading think tanks, research centres, public forums on a range of subjects. He has received numerous international and national honours for his services and achievements.


'''Javed Jabbar''' ([[Urdu language|Urdu]]: ''' جاوید جبار ''' ) is a [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] [[writer]] and [[politician]].<ref name=Tribune>[https://tribune.com.pk/story/665010/state-of-affairs-for-javed-jabbar-pakistan-is-not-failing-it-is-ailing/, An interview with Javed Jabbar on The Express Tribune (newspaper)] Published 29 January 2014, Retrieved 24 March 2018</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sindh.gov.pk/interviews_discussion/Text_of_Javed_Jabbar_interview_with_bbc.htm |title=Text of Javed Jabbar interviews with the BBC |publisher=[[Government of Sindh]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203031207/http://www.sindh.gov.pk/interviews_discussion/Text_of_Javed_Jabbar_interview_with_bbc.htm |archivedate=December 3, 2007}}, Retrieved 24 March 2018</ref>
He is the husband of Shabnam Jabbar, an independent entrepreneur, designer and home-maker. They have two children: Mehreen Jabbar, the award-winning director of TV plays and cinema films; Barrister Kamal Kadeer Jabbar who specializes in banking and financial law and is a partner in Keystone Law, Dubai. His grandson is Zaka Zahir Jabbar who is exploring the marvels of school education.


== Early life and education ==
Javed Jabbar's 15th book "Pathways --- selected writings 2010-2015" won the UBL Literature Prize for the Best English non-fiction book at the 9th Karachi Literature Festival 2017. His 16th book "What is Pakistaniat?" is prescribed in leading education and training institutions.
Jabbar's father Ahmed Abdul Jabbar was under the employment of [[Hyderabad State]]; they migrated to Pakistan after India [[Annexation of Hyderabad|annexed the state]].<ref name="thefridaytimes">[http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/javed-jabbar-renaissance-man/ Javed Jabbar, Renaissance man] The Friday Times (newspaper), Published 26 June 2015, Retrieved 24 March 2018</ref> His mother Zain Mahal Khursheed was a trained Sitar player.<ref name="thefridaytimes" /> Jabbar credits both of them for inculcating his interest in art and literature.<ref name="thefridaytimes" />


In 1961, Jabbar enrolled in the Humanities section of [[St Patrick's High School, Karachi]]; he credited Principal D'Arcy D'Souza with convincing his father into shifting him from the Commerce section, where he was first enrolled.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-05-05|title=Through hardships to the stars : St. Patrick’s High School turns 150 years old today|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/162698/through-hardships-to-the-stars-st-patricks-high-school-turns-150-years-old-today|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> In 1963, Jabbar enrolled at the [[University of Karachi]] for his undergraduate degree in International Relations.<ref name="thefridaytimes" /> During his university-days, he was a reputed face in theatrical circuits.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2014-11-13|title=Acting stint|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1144097|access-date=2021-12-20|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref>
He devotes substantial working time to voluntary work for several public service organizations. He is presently the Chairman, and co-founder (with economist Dr. Hafiz Pasha in 1995) of the Social Policy & Development Centre, (SPDC, www.spdc.org.pk) Karachi, one of Asia's most reputed independent research centres and think tanks. SPDC has 700 publications to date. He is the founding chairman of the South Asian Media Association, Colombo, 1992.


== Career ==
He is present Chairperson and co-founder (1994) of SPO (Strengthening Participatory Organization, www.spopk.org) which works in the development sector at the grass-roots level across Pakistan.


===Advertisement, Documentaries and Films===
He is present Chairman and co-founder of SOS Children's Villages of Sindh, (founded 1982) and Member, Board of Governors of SOS Pakistan which cares for hundreds of orphaned and abandoned children and provides vocational training to youth.
Jabbar chose to be employed in the advertisement sector instead of journalism, guided by better prospects of earning.<ref name="thefridaytimes" /> He went on to direct over 300 commercials.<ref name=":0"/> In 1972, Jabbar produced Moenjodaro: The City That Must Not Die, a documentary for [[Pakistan Television Corporation|Pakistan television]] ([[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]).<ref name="thefridaytimes" /> A chronicle of [[Indus Valley civilisation]], it won the Silver Prize at the Asian Film Festival in Shiraz, Iran and a national award.<ref name="thefridaytimes" /><ref name=":0"/> He had also directed 10 other documentaries.<ref name=":0"/>


In 1976, he wrote and directed [[Beyond the Last Mountain]], the first feature film in English out of Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=You Should Make Films You Believe In; The Audience Will Come, Says Award-winning Filmmaker Mehreen Jabbar|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/you-should-make-films-you-believe-in-the-audience-will-come-says-award-winning-filmmaker-mehreen-jabbar-6499431.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Moneycontrol|language=en}}</ref> In 2008, he wrote and produced ''[[Ramchand Pakistani]],'' an Urdu drama film directed by his daughter. The film focuses on the ordeals of a Pakistani Dalit Hindu, who had crossed the border to India.<ref name="thefridaytimes" />
He is founding president since 1985 of, Baanhn Beli (www.bannhnbeli.org), the pioneer public service organization of Tharparkar, and also works in other parts of Sindh.


=== Politics ===
He is founding Chairman, Publican Alumni Trust (since 2010) which operates a reputed school for students from low-income families in Korangi, Karachi.
in 1985—spurred by his wife and friends—Jabbar successfully ran for the four seats reserved for technocrats in [[Senate of Pakistan|Pakistan Senate]] under the martial rule of [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]].<ref name="thefridaytimes" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Jabbar|first=Javed|date=2020-08-14|title=Into the future via the past|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1574346|access-date=2021-12-20|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref> He won re-elections in 1997; he even became a Minister of State of Information in the Musharraf ministry before resigning in 2000.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Jabbar|first=Javed|date=2021-02-24|title=Senate: then & now|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1609089|access-date=2021-12-20|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref> In 2003, he tried to be reelected but failed to obtain any proposer.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Correspondent|first=The Newspaper's Staff|date=2020-05-16|title=Javed Jabbar’s nomination as Balochistan representative to NFC criticised|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1557432|access-date=2021-12-20|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref>


=== Books ===
Javed Jabbar is Chairman, Advisory Council, Malir University of Science and Technology, Karachi and Member, Board of Directors, National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA).
In 2021, he drafted a biography of [[Benazir Bhutto]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-01|title=JJ’s BB|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2308308/jjs-bb|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Aftab|first=Safiya|date=2021-11-07|title=NON-FICTION: CHRONICLES OF POWER|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1656496|access-date=2021-12-20|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref>


== Views ==
From his school years at Cantonment Public School, Karachi, St Patrick's College and the University of Karachi 1963-66, and thereafter, he has founded or been elected to lead a large number of initiatives and organizations in Pakistan and in overseas countries.


=== Pakistan ===
He is a former Senator and has served in 3 Federal Cabinets as Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Science and Technology, Petroleum and Natural Resources, and Adviser to the Chief Executive of Pakistan on National Affairs. He has represented Pakistan at major UN conferences.


==== Islam ====
New laws and policies initiated by him have introduced major reforms in different sectors, particularly the inception of private TV and radio channels and freedom of information.
Jabbar believes that the prominent strand of Islam followed in Pakistan is Sufism — "pluralistic, inclusive, tolerant, [and] respectful."<ref name="thefridaytimes" /> Rejecting that Pakistani society has any major issue of radicalization, he warns against conflating the "overwhelming majority" of peaceful and resilient Pakistanis with "a small number of brainwashed barbarians."<ref name="thefridaytimes" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Interview: Javed Jabbar|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/06/interview-javed-jabbar/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=thediplomat.com|language=en-US}}</ref> He argues that most Pakistanis respect other religions since otherwise, colleges run by Christian missionaries won't have got thousands of students or religio-political parties would have won elections; acts of violence upon accusations of blasphemy were rare.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Jabbar|first=Javed|date=2021-05-18|title=Arabic Pakistan?|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1624228|access-date=2021-12-20|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Salman|first=Peerzada|date=2021-12-12|title=Urdu short story and cultural landscape|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1663235|access-date=2021-12-20|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-01|title=OP-ED: Moderate Pakistan?|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2021/11/01/op-ed-moderate-pakistan|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>


Jabbar rejects contentions that Pakistan is a failed state;<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-01-29|title=State of affairs: For Javed Jabbar, Pakistan is not failing, it is ailing|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/665010/state-of-affairs-for-javed-jabbar-pakistan-is-not-failing-it-is-ailing|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> he remains hopeful that Pakistan will successfully see through the unique challenges of being founded on the basis of religion yet not give in to religious extremism or Islamicise the state to even-greater extents.<ref name="thefridaytimes" /><ref name=":3" /> He asks his fellow citizens to enroll for a high-quality education, engage in ''[[ijtihad]]'', and follow a "50 points formula" in their quest for rediscovering and redefining [[Pakistaniat]].<ref name="thefridaytimes" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-08|title=Rethinking Pakistaniat|url=https://www.thefridaytimes.com/rethinking-pakistaniat/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The Friday Times - Naya Daur|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Conference held on ‘Identification & Actualization of National Narrative’|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/904058-conference-held-on-identification-actualization-of-national-narrative|access-date=2021-12-20|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>
Among several conflict management and conflict resolution initiatives he is associated with, he is a Member since 1992 of the longest-running, quiet, non-media-reported Pakistan-India Track II Dialogue known as the Neemrana Initiative, suspended since 2015.


==== Media ====
He was elected global Vice President of IUCN (www.iucn.org) for 8 years, 2004-2012 in the world's oldest and largest environment organization comprising over 130 countries.
In 2016, Jabbar supported [[PEMRA]]'s proscription on broadcasting Indian media in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jabbar|first=Javed|date=2016-11-06|title=Ban on Indian content is a welcome move|url=http://herald.dawn.com/news/1153578|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Herald Magazine|language=en}}</ref> Jabbar believes the state to offer "very high levels of freedom of expression" to media despite the rare blips.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Salman|first=Peerzada|date=2021-09-17|title=‘If the PMDA is established it will be a disaster for critical voices’|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1646842|access-date=2021-12-20|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref>


=== India ===
In 2019, he was invited to serve on an honorary basis as Adviser to the National Curriculum Council.
Jabbar blames India's maneuvers in the immediate aftermath of the Partition—[[1947 Kashmir War]]—, to have influenced Pakistan into becoming a "security-oriented state."<ref name=":1" /> He hopes that India will engage with Pakistan more meaningfully and without holding discussions hostage to "[Pakistan's] cessation of support for terrorism, while India does it self."<ref name="thefridaytimes" />


=== 1971 and Bangladesh ===
In the past 10 years, he has been appointed by the Supreme Court and High Courts as amicus curiae and to serve as mediator to (successfully) resolve media conflicts, and as Member of the Media Commission, 2013 whose landmark report was written by him. He frequently writes on a range of subjects, including national history, current affairs and political economy for leading journals.
.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jabbar|first=Javed|date=2020-12-16|title=From 1971 to 2021|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1596044|access-date=2021-12-20|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jabbar|first=Javed|date=2012-12-16|title=Dec 16 & Muslim nationalism|url=https://www.dawn.com/2012/12/16/dec-16-muslim-nationalism/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
He has received numerous national and international awards and recognitions for his work in diverse fields such as writing, film-making, voluntary service, environment. The cinema film "Ramchand Pakistani" (2008) of which he was the writer and producer --- and which was directed by his daughter Mehreen Jabbar --- won several international awards in Europe and Asia. In 1976, Pakistan's first -- and so far, only -- English language cinema film "Beyond the Last Mountain" (Urdu version: "Musafir") which he wrote, produced and directed was screened to laudatory reviews at several international film festivals. He has written and directed dozens of popular and award-winning TV commercials and documentaries.
Jabbar is married to Shabnam.<ref name=":2" /> They have a son named Kamal and a daughter [[Mehreen Jabbar]] who is a film producer and director.<ref name="thefridaytimes" />

In December 2019, at Adasia 2019 in Lahore the Asian Federation of Advertising Associations inducted him into its Hall of Fame for his distinctive contributions to mass communications.

In February 2020, the All Pakistan Newspapers' Society presented him with its Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2015, the Pakistan Society of Advertisers presented its first Lifetime Achievement Award to him.

The Human Rights Society of Pakistan presented him with a Gold Medal for outstanding public service.

He is a visiting professor at leading institutions in Pakistan and overseas.

==Literary work==
* {{cite book| title = ''A Man in the Queue''| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=i4BWAAAAMAAJ&q| year = 1971| publisher =Readers Associates}}
* {{cite book| title = ''From Chaos to Catharsis: Perspectives on Democracy and Development''| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wA5uAAAAMAAJ&q| year = 1996| publisher =Royal Book Company|isbn=978-9-69-407193-0}}
* {{cite book| title = ''Beyond the last mountain: the original screenplay of Pakistan's first feature film, 1976 ...''| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TacLAQAAMAAJ&q| year = 2001| publisher =MNJ Publications|isbn=978-9-69-407267-8}}
* {{cite book| title = ''Bridges Or Barriers?: Indigenous Languages Print Media in South Asia''| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=k8bfAAAAMAAJ&q| year = 2005| publisher =Summit Media|isbn=978-9-69-407311-8}}
* {{cite book| title = ''Pakistan: Unique Origins; Unique Destiny?''| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7M3aXwAACAAJ&dq| year = 2011| publisher =National Book Foundation|isbn=978-9-69-370534-8}}<ref name=thefridaytimes/>

==Notable films==
Jabbar has been involved as a writer, director, and/or producer of the following films:
* ''Moenjodaro: The City That Must Not Die'' (1972), A documentary film made for [[Pakistan Television Corporation|Pakistan television]] ([[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]) that won a national award<ref name=thefridaytimes/><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247536/?ref_=nv_sr_1, Javed Jabbar's documentary film 'Moenjodaro: The City That Must Not Die' on IMDb website] Retrieved 24 March 2018</ref>
* ''[[Beyond the Last Mountain]]'' (1976), A film written and directed by Javed Jabbar<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245001/?ref_=nv_sr_1, Film 'Beyond the Last Mountain' (1976) on IMDb website] Retrieved 24 March 2018</ref>
* ''[[Ramchand Pakistani]]'' (2008)<ref name=IMDb>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1095421/?ref_=nv_sr_1, Javed Jabbar's film 'Ramchand Pakistani' (2008) on IMDb website] Retrieved 24 March 2018</ref>
: The award-winning film 'Ramchand Pakistani' (2008) was written and produced by Javed Jabbar, directed by his daughter [[Mehreen Jabbar]].<ref name=thefridaytimes/><ref name=IMDb/>


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{citation |author=Karen Isaksen Leonard|title=Locating Home: India's Hyderabadis Abroad|date=2007|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-80-475442-2|p=308|ref={{sfnref|Karen Isaksen Leonard|2007}}}}
* {{citation |author=Parliament House|title=Directory of Members|date=1991|publisher=[[The University of Michigan]]|p=82|ref={{sfnref|Parliament House|1991}}}}
* Zareen Muzaffar, [http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/javed-jabbar-renaissance-man/ Javed Jabbar, Renaissance man], The Friday Times newspaper, 26 June 2015, Retrieved 15 March 2017
* [http://tribune.com.pk/story/665010/state-of-affairs-for-javed-jabbar-pakistan-is-not-failing-it-is-ailing/ State of affairs: For Javed Jabbar, Pakistan is not failing, it is ailing], The Express Tribune newspaper, 29 January 2014, Retrieved 15 March 2017
{{refend}}


==External links==
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Latest revision as of 23:31, 3 December 2024

Javed Jabbar (Urdu: جاوید جبار ) is a Pakistani writer and politician.[1][2]

Early life and education

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Jabbar's father Ahmed Abdul Jabbar was under the employment of Hyderabad State; they migrated to Pakistan after India annexed the state.[3] His mother Zain Mahal Khursheed was a trained Sitar player.[3] Jabbar credits both of them for inculcating his interest in art and literature.[3]

In 1961, Jabbar enrolled in the Humanities section of St Patrick's High School, Karachi; he credited Principal D'Arcy D'Souza with convincing his father into shifting him from the Commerce section, where he was first enrolled.[4] In 1963, Jabbar enrolled at the University of Karachi for his undergraduate degree in International Relations.[3] During his university-days, he was a reputed face in theatrical circuits.[5]

Career

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Advertisement, Documentaries and Films

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Jabbar chose to be employed in the advertisement sector instead of journalism, guided by better prospects of earning.[3] He went on to direct over 300 commercials.[5] In 1972, Jabbar produced Moenjodaro: The City That Must Not Die, a documentary for Pakistan television (PTV).[3] A chronicle of Indus Valley civilisation, it won the Silver Prize at the Asian Film Festival in Shiraz, Iran and a national award.[3][5] He had also directed 10 other documentaries.[5]

In 1976, he wrote and directed Beyond the Last Mountain, the first feature film in English out of Pakistan.[6] In 2008, he wrote and produced Ramchand Pakistani, an Urdu drama film directed by his daughter. The film focuses on the ordeals of a Pakistani Dalit Hindu, who had crossed the border to India.[3]

Politics

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in 1985—spurred by his wife and friends—Jabbar successfully ran for the four seats reserved for technocrats in Pakistan Senate under the martial rule of Zia-ul-Haq.[3][7] He won re-elections in 1997; he even became a Minister of State of Information in the Musharraf ministry before resigning in 2000.[8] In 2003, he tried to be reelected but failed to obtain any proposer.[8][9]

Books

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In 2021, he drafted a biography of Benazir Bhutto.[10][11]

Views

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Pakistan

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Islam

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Jabbar believes that the prominent strand of Islam followed in Pakistan is Sufism — "pluralistic, inclusive, tolerant, [and] respectful."[3] Rejecting that Pakistani society has any major issue of radicalization, he warns against conflating the "overwhelming majority" of peaceful and resilient Pakistanis with "a small number of brainwashed barbarians."[3][12] He argues that most Pakistanis respect other religions since otherwise, colleges run by Christian missionaries won't have got thousands of students or religio-political parties would have won elections; acts of violence upon accusations of blasphemy were rare.[13][14][15]

Jabbar rejects contentions that Pakistan is a failed state;[16] he remains hopeful that Pakistan will successfully see through the unique challenges of being founded on the basis of religion yet not give in to religious extremism or Islamicise the state to even-greater extents.[3][13] He asks his fellow citizens to enroll for a high-quality education, engage in ijtihad, and follow a "50 points formula" in their quest for rediscovering and redefining Pakistaniat.[3][17][18]

Media

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In 2016, Jabbar supported PEMRA's proscription on broadcasting Indian media in Pakistan.[19] Jabbar believes the state to offer "very high levels of freedom of expression" to media despite the rare blips.[20]

India

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Jabbar blames India's maneuvers in the immediate aftermath of the Partition—1947 Kashmir War—, to have influenced Pakistan into becoming a "security-oriented state."[7] He hopes that India will engage with Pakistan more meaningfully and without holding discussions hostage to "[Pakistan's] cessation of support for terrorism, while India does it self."[3]

1971 and Bangladesh

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.[21][22]

Personal life

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Jabbar is married to Shabnam.[8] They have a son named Kamal and a daughter Mehreen Jabbar who is a film producer and director.[3]

References

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  1. ^ An interview with Javed Jabbar on The Express Tribune (newspaper) Published 29 January 2014, Retrieved 24 March 2018
  2. ^ "Text of Javed Jabbar interviews with the BBC". Government of Sindh. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007., Retrieved 24 March 2018
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Javed Jabbar, Renaissance man The Friday Times (newspaper), Published 26 June 2015, Retrieved 24 March 2018
  4. ^ "Through hardships to the stars : St. Patrick's High School turns 150 years old today". The Express Tribune. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "Acting stint". DAWN.COM. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. ^ "You Should Make Films You Believe In; The Audience Will Come, Says Award-winning Filmmaker Mehreen Jabbar". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b Jabbar, Javed (14 August 2020). "Into the future via the past". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Jabbar, Javed (24 February 2021). "Senate: then & now". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  9. ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's Staff (16 May 2020). "Javed Jabbar's nomination as Balochistan representative to NFC criticised". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 20 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ "JJ's BB". The Express Tribune. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  11. ^ Aftab, Safiya (7 November 2021). "NON-FICTION: CHRONICLES OF POWER". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Interview: Javed Jabbar". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  13. ^ a b Jabbar, Javed (18 May 2021). "Arabic Pakistan?". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  14. ^ Salman, Peerzada (12 December 2021). "Urdu short story and cultural landscape". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  15. ^ "OP-ED: Moderate Pakistan?". Dhaka Tribune. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  16. ^ "State of affairs: For Javed Jabbar, Pakistan is not failing, it is ailing". The Express Tribune. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Rethinking Pakistaniat". The Friday Times - Naya Daur. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Conference held on 'Identification & Actualization of National Narrative'". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  19. ^ Jabbar, Javed (6 November 2016). "Ban on Indian content is a welcome move". Herald Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  20. ^ Salman, Peerzada (17 September 2021). "'If the PMDA is established it will be a disaster for critical voices'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  21. ^ Jabbar, Javed (16 December 2020). "From 1971 to 2021". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  22. ^ Jabbar, Javed (16 December 2012). "Dec 16 & Muslim nationalism". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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