Writers Corner

Javed Jabbar | September 16, 2021 | Published in DAWN. Truths and dialogue THERE are hard truths in both the polarised positions of the federal government and the non-state, multi-media sector on the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). Convergence in communication technology merges print, electronic, cinematic and digital media content into a single stream

Javed Jabbar | December 23, 2021 | Published in DAWN. The Two-Nation Reality Versus Theory Just three days after Pakistan observes March 23 as the Pakistan Day to mark the anniversary of the adoption of the Lahore Resolution in 1940, Bangladesh observes March 26 as its own Independence Day. The proximity of these two historic

Javed Jabbar | December 25, 2020 | Published in DAWN. Saving the Quaid In a country where the name and the face of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah is ubiquitous — on currency notes, stamps, portraits on office walls, media — is the title of this reflection at all pertinent? The personality is so widely visible

Javed Jabbar | October, 2020 | Published in Narratives.   The formulation of a Single National Curriculum (SNC) initially for schools and madressahs in all segments of Pakistan’s education sector is being conducted by the Ministry of Federal Education for about the past 2 years.  The process reflects, as of the time of writing this

Javed Jabbar | June-September, 2020 | Published in Scholarly Journal Criterion Quarterly.   September 30, 2020/0 Comments/in Articles, Beliefs, Capitalist, Dogma, Equality, Fraternity, History, Ideas, Ideology, Islam, Islamization, Liberty, Nationalism, Pakistan, Progress, Radical, Religion, Socialist, Theory, Vol 15 No. 3 / Javed Jabbar*   *The writer is a former Senator and Federal Minister; author of, among

Javed Jabbar | August 14, 2020 | Published in DAWN.   PERHAPS the ideal way to go forward is to turn around and go back. Not as a retreat, but as a rediscovery in order to re-energise and to create a better tomorrow. The prevalence of the pandemic today should neither befog our vision for

Javed Jabbar | April 09, 2020 | Published in DAWN. Perhaps more than at any other time in recent and contemporary history, and without any disrespect for the departed and with best wishes for the infected, we could do worse than to refer to universal human resilience in general. And to reflect briefly on the

Javed Jabbar | January 20, 2020 | Published in DAWN. The advent of radio and TV in the 20th century and the rapid expansion of the internet and social media in the first two decades of the 21st century have shaped a new phenomenon. Perhaps this can be best described by omitting the letter ‘k’

Javed Jabbar | December 25, 2019 | Publish in DAWN. THE coupling of the Quaid`s name with a malevolent noun is done deliberately – to jar the senses like a mild electric shock. Only to highlight how the two words are antithetical to each other. The unnatural juxtaposition becomes urgently relevant after the bizarre episode

Javed Jabbar | September 17, 2019 | Published in DAWN. Every year is full of anniversaries, happy, middling and sad. Sept 17 is particularly tragic. On this day, in 1948, India attacked the landlocked Hyderabad state from five sides, and a miniscule defending army and a dishevelled militia were crushed by huge numbers of troops,