Javed Jabbar
Javed Jabbar (Urdu: جاوید جبار ) is a Pakistani writer and politician.[1][2]
Early life
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]
Personal life
Javed Jabbar has a son named Kamal and a daughter Mehreen Jabbar who is a film producer and director.[3] Jabbar credits Father D'Arcy D'Souza with talking his father into allowing him to enroll in the Faculty of Arts at St Patrick's High School, Karachi, rather than in the Commercial course in which he was first enrolled.[4]
Career
Advertisement and Films
In 1972, Jabbar produced Moenjodaro: The City That Must Not Die, a documentary film for Pakistan television (PTV).[3] which went on to win a national award.[3] In 1976, he wrote and directed Beyond the Last Mountain, the first feature film in English out of Pakistan.[5]
In 2008, he directed Ramchand Pakistani, an Urdu drama film that centered on the ordeals of a Pakistani Dalit Hindu, who had crossed the border to India.[3]
Politics
in 1985—spurred by his wife and friends—Jabbar ran for the four seats reserved for technocrats in Pakistan Senate.[3]
Views
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] He remains hopeful that Pakistan will successfully see through the unique challenges of being founded on the basis of religion but not giving in to religious extremism.[3]
He has also suggested that India needs to engage with Pakistan more meaningfully and without holding discussions conditional upon "[Pakistan's] cessation of support for terrorism."[3]
References
- ^ An interview with Javed Jabbar on The Express Tribune (newspaper) Published 29 January 2014, Retrieved 24 March 2018
- ^ "Text of Javed Jabbar interviews with the BBC". Government of Sindh. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007., Retrieved 24 March 2018
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Javed Jabbar, Renaissance man The Friday Times (newspaper), Published 26 June 2015, Retrieved 24 March 2018
- ^ "St. Patrick's High School turns 150 years old today". Hindustan Times. 7 May 2011. ProQuest 865066113.
- ^ Film 'Beyond the Last Mountain' (1976) on IMDb website Retrieved 24 March 2018
Bibliography
- Karen Isaksen Leonard (2007), Locating Home: India's Hyderabadis Abroad, Stanford University Press, p. 308, ISBN 978-0-80-475442-2
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Parliament House (1991), Directory of Members, The University of Michigan, p. 82
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Zareen Muzaffar, Javed Jabbar, Renaissance man, The Friday Times newspaper, 26 June 2015, Retrieved 15 March 2017
- State of affairs: For Javed Jabbar, Pakistan is not failing, it is ailing, The Express Tribune newspaper, 29 January 2014, Retrieved 15 March 2017
External links
Javed Jabbar at IMDb
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