Javed Jabbar – The CAP Podcast #41

Mr. Javed Jabbar is a prominent Pakistani Writer, Film-maker, Policy analyst ,Former Senator & Federal Minister. In Conversation with The Citizens Archive of Pakistan, he talks about his extra curricular interests in University and how he began his career in advertising and started his own firm.

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

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)