Javed Jabbar

Javed Jabbar (Urdu: جاوید جبار ) is a prominent Pakistani writer, advertising executive, politician, intellectual, scholar, artist, mass communications expert and former information minister.^[1] He has a son Kamal and daughter Mehreen Jabbar who is a film producer.^[2][3][4] Jabbar's roots can be traced back to Hyderabad, India.^[5]

Literary work

• A Man in the Queue. Readers Associates. 1971.
• From Chaos to Catharsis: Perspectives on Democracy and Development. Royal Book Company. 1996. ISBN 978-9-69-407193-0.
• Beyond the last mountain: the original screenplay of Pakistan's first feature film, 1976 .... MNJ Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-9-69-407267-8.
• Bridges Or Barriers?: Indigenous Languages Print Media in South Asia. Summit Media. 2005. ISBN 978-9-69-407311-8.
• Pakistan: Unique Origins; Unique Destiny?. National Book Foundation. 2011. ISBN 978-9-69-370534-8.

Notable films

Jabbar has been involved as a writer, director, and/or producer of:

• Beyond the Last Mountain (1976)
• Ramchand Pakistani (2008)

References

1. Parliament House 1991.
2. Ali, Wajahat (29 November 2001). "The Volatile Mistress". CounterPunch.
3. "Text of Javed Jabbar interviews with the BBC". Government of Sindh. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007.
4. Kazmi, Laila (2008). "Mehreen Jabbar". Jazbah Magazine.
5. Karen Isaksen Leonard 2007.

Bibliography

• Karen Isaksen Leonard (2007), Locating Home: India's Hyderabadis Abroad, Stanford University Press, p. 308, ISBN 978-0-80-475442-2
• Parliament House (1991), Directory of Members, The University of Michigan, p. 82
• Zareen Muzaffar, Javed Jabbar, Renaissance man, The Friday Times, 26 June 2015.
• State of affairs: For Javed Jabbar, Pakistan is not failing, it is ailing, The Express Tribune, 29 January 2014.

External links

Javed Jabbar at the Internet Movie Database