Javed Jabbar has extensive experience in media includes writing, film making, public policy-making and drafting of new laws. Ministries led in 3 Federal Cabinets include Information and Broadcasting, Science and Technology, National Affairs, Petroleum and Natural Resources. Member of the longest-running (since 1992), quiet, non-media-reported Pakistan-India Track-II Dialogue, the Neemrana Initiative. One of 15 books to-date won the UBL Literature Prize for the Best English non-fiction Book 2017 at the 9th Karachi Literature Festival, 2018. Regularly addresses leading universities and think-tanks in Pakistan and overseas countries.