Writers Corner

Javed Jabbar | September 17, 2019 | Publish in The News Though 71 years separate September 17, 1948 and August 5, 2019, there is a dark direct connection between the two dates. The first date marks the forced annexation of the princely state of Hyderabad Deccan by the Indian state. The second marks an attempt

Javed Jabbar | August 14, 2019 | Publish in Dawn | THE election 2018 slogan of creating a ‘Naya’ (new) Pakis­tan was clearly a sincerely meant theme to express the PTI’s perspective. Yet it is only the latest articulation of a vision that was originally born with the very emergence of Pakistan 72 years ago.

Javed Jabbar | September 9, 2018 | Published in The News | August-September 2018 mark ten years since the release of the cinema film “Ramchand Pakistani”. Based on actual events, the story depicted the lives of three members of a Pakistani Hindu Dalit (untouchable) family. A seven-year old boy in a remote Tharparkar village accidentally

Javed Jabbar | August 14, 2018 | Published in Dawn. PERHAPS there is no better point at which to take a brief look at the connection between leaders, words and deeds than the 71st milestone of our country`s Independence. As the inspiring quotes cited from the speeches and statements of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and

Javed Jabbar | March 23,2017 | Published in Dawn. THE Lahore Resolution portrays a vision formulated through a consultative, democratic process. The creation of the original State of Pakistan in 1947 and its post-1971 renewal represent a continuation — with periodic suspensions — of participative methods to achieve state stability and national cohesion. Whether through

Naseer Memon | June 11, 2017 | Published in The News. The chief minister of Sindh had to face an embarrassing situation when a recalcitrant mafia trashed his strict instructions against cheating during the school examinations in Sindh. The media ridiculed the writ of the government by airing footages of unrelenting cheating in the examinations

Javed Jabbar | May 29, 2017 | Published in The News. Is Mashal Khan’s brutal mob killing in a northwestern university in Pakistan in April 2017 on  unfounded allegations of blasphemy a symptom of a malignant disease that stifles intellectual  freedom in Pakistani universities in general? There is a malaise which occasionally erupts into sores

Naseer Memon | February 19, 2017 | Published in The News. Civil liberties are under attack in several countries. Dissenting opinions are being muzzled and divergent views are being insinuated as treachery. Intolerance to disagreement is attaining new peaks in several countries. Human rights defenders and those who amplify demand for rights of people are

Naseer Memon | October 30, 2016 | Published in The News. India and Pakistan are entangled in a fresh spate of border conflict. At the edge of war, both the countries have severed even cultural ties by banning movies and TV plays aired from other side of the borders.  Mired in chronic penury, illiteracy and

Naseer Memon | July 24, 2016 | Published in The News. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) have released a report “Multidimensional Poverty in Pakistan” which depicts a grim picture of social well-being in the country. The concept of poverty has evolved over time. As knowledge about